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.c47.6845

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The architectural characteristics of this (*sacrificial*) column are given by Dr. Fleet : ‘ The pillar (Bijayagadh stone pillar inscrip. of Vishṇuvardhana of a.d. 372) stands on a rubble masonry platform (which is plainly of much more recent construction than the pillar itself), which is about 13′ 6″ high and 9′ 2″ square at the top. The height of the pillar above the plinth is 26′ 3″. The base is square, to the height of 3′ 8″, each face measuring 1′ 6″. Above this, the pillar is octagonal, for a length of 22′ 7″, and it then tapers off to a point. The extreme top is however broken; and a metal spike, which projects from it, indicates that it was originally surmounted by a capital on the south side of the pillar, towards the top of the square base there is engraved a Śrīyogī Vra(Bra)hma-sāgara (the holy ascetic, Brahma-sāgara).’