Allahabad Pillar Images

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Allahabad Pillar

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Gupta script inscription "Maharaja Sri Gupta" ( Great King, Lord Gupta"), mentioning the first ruler of the dynasty king Gupta. Inscription by Samudragupta on the Allahabad pillar, where Samudragupta presents king Gupta as his great-grandfather. Dated circa 350 CE.[30] (Source)

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Jahangir inscription on the Allahabad pillar of Ashoka.[1] (Source)

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A coin of Chandragupta I, depicting Chandragupta and his Queen Kumaradevi, parents of Samudragupta described in the Allahabad inscription. (Source)

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A Samudragupta coin featuring the Garuda banner. (Source)

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Similar decorative friezes can be seen at the Diamond throne of Bodh Gaya, also built by Ashoka. (Source)

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Schism and Queen Edict inscriptions on the Allahabad Pillar of Ashoka (Source)

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Major Pillar Edicts 1-6 on the Allahabad Pillar of Ashoka (Source)

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The Allahabad Pillar as seen by the missionary Joseph Tiefenthaler in the 18th century (Source)

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The ancient Ashoka Pillar at Allahabad topped with a colonial-era lion capital (photographed c.1870). The lion capital was possibly designed by Captain Edward Smith in 1838.[8] (Source)

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Frieze of the lost capital of the Allahabad Pillar, with lotuses framing a "flame palmette" surrounded by small rosette flowers. (Source)