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  2. Stambha - Wikipedia

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    Stambhas are popularly employed in Indian architecture.Different stambhas serve different purposes, including the following: A dhvaja stambha (flagstaff tower) is placed opposite the main shrine, on an axis with the main deity.

  3. Manastambha - Wikipedia

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    A manastambha (Sanskrit for 'column of honour') is a pillar that is often constructed in front of Jain temples or large Jain statues. In North India, they are topped by four Tirthankara images.

  4. Pillars of Ashoka - Wikipedia

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    A number of the pillars were thrown down by either natural causes or iconoclasts, and gradually rediscovered. One was noticed in the 16th century by the English traveller Thomas Coryat in the ruins of Old Delhi. Initially he assumed that from the way it glowed that it was made of brass, but on closer examination he realized it was made of ...

  5. Blok D - Wikipedia

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    Blok D was modified as Blok DM in 1974, with 11D-58S engine. The unit cost is $4 million. [7] As of the early 1990s, the ullage rockets discarded just before the final burns by Block DM fourth stages on Proton launches constituted the largest single group of soviet propulsion systems to have suffered disintegrations contributing to space debris ...

  6. Allahabad Pillar - Wikipedia

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    The Allahabad Pillar is a stambha, containing one of the pillar edicts of Ashoka, erected by Ashoka, emperor of the Maurya dynasty, who reigned in the 3rd century BCE. While it is one of the few extant pillars that carry Ashokan edicts, [3] it is particularly notable for containing later inscriptions attributed to the Gupta emperor Samudragupta (4th century CE). [4]

  7. D block - Wikipedia

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    D block, Block D, or variants, may refer to: d-block, a division of the periodic table of elements; D-Block Records, a hip-hop record label; D-Block at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary; Block D, a Soviet rocket stage; Block D, a portion of the United States 2008 wireless spectrum auction that was not sold during the auction

  8. Bhoi dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Aruna Stamba at the ruined Konark Temple was also brought over to the Jagannath Temple at Puri during the reign of Divyasingha Deva II. Under the reign of his son Mukundeva Deva II, the British started making inroads into the region and emerged as the strongest contenders after conquering the regions of Bengal, Awadh and much of Southern India.

  9. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...