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The Pillar which bears in well-preserved and well-cut letters six of his edicts, is a single block of polished sandstone, 11.12 m (36.5 feet) in height above the ground, with a base diameter of 1.06 m (41.8 inches) and a diameter at the top of 0.95 m (37.6 inches). The weight of this portion only is
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