History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c37.21

c37.21

In the temple of the sun-god at Konarak in Orissa, which is more or less in ruins, there are quite a large number of iron beams of great dimensions (Fig. 35) Some twenty-nine of these have been counted, the largest one having a dimension of 35 feet in length and 7 to 7½ inches in width with a square cross section. The beam has an approximate weight of 6000 lbs. There is another beam measuring 23½ feet in length and 11 by 10½ inches in section, which was possibly a part of a much larger one. It is stated that the temple at Konarak was built partly in the latter half of the 9th century A.D. (the main temple) and partly in the first half of the 13th century A.D (the *natmandir* and the minor temples).