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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t1.98

Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t1.98

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v3.c42.s1.t1.98

The Delhi Pillar.—The name of Bisaldeo (Visaladeva) heads the inscription on the celebrated column erected in the centre of Firoz Shah’s palace at Delhi. This column, alluded to by Chand, as “ telling the fame of the Chohan,” was “ placed at Nigambhod,” a place of pilgrimage on the Jumna, a few miles below Delhi, whence it must have been removed to its present singular position.²