Iron in Ancient India c6.s6.8

c6.s6.8

There exists a diversity of opinion regarding the object of the erection of this pillar. Fergusson holds that the pillar is not a pillar of victory like the Delhi pillar, but served some useful purpose like the iron beams at Konarak, as otherwise it would have been round throughout or have contained an ornamental capital.¹ Cousens on the other hand takes it to be a "jayasthambha" (pillar of victory) and I think Cousens is right in his opinion for the following reasons:—