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This mysterious iron pillar in India has been exposed to the elements for over 1,600 years. So why hasn’t it ever rusted?Scientists both in India and abroad began studying the iron pillar in Delhi in 1912 to try to figure out why it hadn’t corroded. It wasn’t until 2003 that experts at the Indian Institute of ...
The Iron Pillar of Mehrauli, in the Qutub Complex, has baffled Delhi lazens for ages. The ancient pillar, dating back to the Gupta Empire, stands tall at 7 meters and weighs a staggering 6 tons.
They mastered the world's first large scale wrought iron technology—the Delhi iron pillar, and their courtly culture was the setting the world's first sex manual, the Kama Sutra. Meanwhile in ...
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