Pillars
World Heritage Sites connected to 'Pillars':
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Quote from ICOMOS evaluation "Asoka, ....... also had a stone column more than 12 m high erected with his edicts carved on it. "; linkCidade Velha 16th century marble pillar on Pillory SquareLumbini Referred to in ICOMOS evaluation as "The sandstone Ashoka pillar with its sanskrit inscriptions. That of Ashoka in Brahmi script and the later one of Ripu Malla in Devanagara script" Paphos St Paul's PillarQutb Minar The "non rusting" Iron Pillar. Although often called an "Ashoka Pillar" it is not. It bears an inscription which states that it was erected as a flagstaff in honour of the Hindu god, Vishnu, and in the memory of the Gupta King Chandragupta II (375-413).
