write a short note on the Ashoka Pillar set up at Allahabad in the Gupta period ?
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The Allahabad pillar is an Ashoka Stambha, one of the pillar of Ashoka, an emperor of the Maurya dynasty who reigned in the 3rd century BCE. While it is one of the few extant pillars that carry his adicts it is particularly notable for containing later inscriptions attributed to the Gupta emperor,
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The Allahabad Pillar 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). The customary lotiform bell-shaped capital seen in the other Ashoka Pillars is lost as is whichever statue mounted it
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