Heliodorus Pillar (Kamba Baba / Garuda Stambam) | archeological site, megalith, interesting place, scheduled ancient monument

India / Madhya Pradesh / Vidisha /
 pillar, archeological site, megalith, interesting place, scheduled ancient monument
The Heliodorus pillar is a stone column that was erected around 110 BCE in central India in Vidisha, near modern Besnagar, by Heliodorus, a Greek ambassador of the Indo-Greek king Antialcidas to the court of the Sunga king Bhagabhadra. The site is located only 5 miles from the Buddhist stupa of Sanchi.
This pillar represents Garuda Stambha, that symbalizes the Dwaja Stambham in front of Vishnu temples in India.

This pillar was setup as a Garuda dhwaja in honour of God Vasudeva. This pillar is known as Khambaba, the pillar erected by Heliodorous, a Greek Ambassador. It is made of quartzite sandstone of pinkish brown colour. The pillar has two parts viz. The shaft and the capital each of which is monolith. the shaft is circular towards the top and its lowest section is octagonal. Each of its faces is adorned with a half lotus design within an arched border and a bunch of petals between.


External Links :
Official-
asibhopal.nic.in/monument/vidisha_besnagar_Khambbabahel...

Other -
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16189
indiaheritagehub.org/2012/08/06/khamba-baba-the-greek-c...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliodorus_pillar
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Coordinates:   23°32'57"N   77°48'0"E

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