The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.256

v2.c17.s1.256

The *Sudarśana-cakra* is a mere stump, 84 *yavas* long and 21 *yavas* in thickness. The whole of its surface is carved in a check pattern. I could not see anything like a wheel-mark on any part of this staff and to me it appeared as if it were the staff on which, in Buddhist times, a regular wheel was mounted, but which has since somehow disappeared. The priests say that a wheel-mark is stamped on the top of it. (Woodcut No. 14).