Pillar 25 at Sanchi

Pillar 25 at Sanchi

Pillar 25 at Sanchi is 4.6 metres high. It was built during the Sunga reign.

Pillar 25 at Sanchi was built during the Sunga period and it stands a little to the south of Stupa 5 and is 4.6 metres high. Its shaft is octagonal below and sixteen-sided above. The capital consists of a bell-shaped elongated lotus, surmounted by a deep, square abacus carved with a balustrade in relief. The crowning member has disappeared. The fragmentary inscription, assignable to the fifth century AD, was incised long after its erection.

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