Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.6830

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(47) ‘The original lower part of the pillar (at Eran) is now broken away and lost; the remnant of it is about 3ʹ 11ʺ high and 1ʹ 6ʺ in diameter. The hollow part is octagonal; and the inscription (Eran posthumous stone pillar inscription of Goparaja, no. 20) is at the top of this octagonal part, on three of the eight faces, each of which is about 7ʺ broad . . . Above this the pillar is sixteen-sided. Above this, it is again octagonal; (and the faces here have sculpture of men and women, who are probably intended for the Goparaja of the inscription and his wife and friends; the compartment immediately above the centre of the inscription represents a man and a woman, sitting, who must be Goparaja and his wife). Above this, the pillar is again sixteen-sided. Above this, it is once more octagonal . . . Above this the pillar curves over in sixteen flutes or ribs, into a round top’.