I'm with the object now - it's a fragment of stone, sandstone to be exact ... in diameter. Ashoka had pillars like this put up across the whole of his empire. They're great feats of architecture ...

The elegantly carved feline figures from the third century B.C., unearthed by the British in northern India, embody both ...

Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Pillar of Ashoka (238 BC ... I'm with the object now - it's a fragment of stone, sandstone to be exact, and it's about the size of a large curved ...

The original Ashoka Pillar of Allahabad is a single shaft of polished sandstone standing 35 feet (10.7 m) high. It has a lower diameter of 35 inches (0.9 m) and an upper diameter of 26 inches (0.7 m).

I'm with the object now - it's a fragment of stone, sandstone to be exact ... in diameter. Ashoka had pillars like this put up across the whole of his empire. They're great feats of architecture ...