Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c27.s2.t2.32
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c27.s2.t2.32
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A band of the circumference of the pillar at a height 1-1.5 m above the stone platform is very bright as if polished. This is due to the custom of visitors standing with their backs towards the pillar, and trying to clasp their hands around it ‘for luck’. As in the 2000-year old iron chain in a shrine on Adam’s peak in Sri Lanka, contact with human hands and consequent repeated polishing and greasing have practically prevented rusting.