Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.98

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A good many works and the references thereof have been found and on their basis some hypothesis of glorious scientific heritage can be imagined. Moreover, some of the monuments, e.g., Iron Pillar of Aśoka near Kutub-Minar is a mystery even today. How without an aid, mechanical operation and device thereof, such a huge and weighty iron pillar could be made stand up and what was that mechanism in that simple age that even after more than two thousand years this has not contracted with rust.