Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s4.2

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Round it Aśoka had built an enclosure with a curcuit of about 258 ft. measuring outside. It was originally of brick which still exists in the foundation but later on replaced by a palisade (*vedikā*) consisting of uprights (*thabha*), cross-bars (*sūci*) and copings (*uṇhīsa*), which is very similar to the railings at Bharhut and at Sanchi but chronologically stands midway between them, circa end of the 2nd century B. C. The inscriptions engraved on it show it was the gift of Kuraṅgī, queen of king Indrāgnimitra, and Nāgadevā, queen of Brahmamitra. There were 64 pillars, each with a section of 14″/12″, height of 6′8″, coping 1′2″, plinth 2′2″, thus with a total height of 10′.