Dear List,

Has anyone studied - and written on - the mode of transport of Aśokan pillars out of the quarry in Chunar, dst. Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh? 

The Firoz Shah Kotla Pillar (brought by Firoz from Ambala dst., Haryana) is a sandstone monolith nearly 13 m. in height, and it weighs close to 27 tons. 

Regards,

Artur Karp (ret.)

Chair of South Asian Studies, 

University of Warsaw

Polska