- A
column or
pillar in
architecture and
structural engineering is a
structural element that transmits,
through compression, the
weight of the structure...
- The
pillars of
Ashoka are a
series of
monolithic pillars dis****d
throughout the
Indian subcontinent, erected—or at
least inscribed with edicts—by the...
- The Five
Pillars of
Islam (arkān al-Islām أركان الإسلام; also arkān ad-dīn أركان الدين "
pillars of the religion") are
fundamental practices in Islam, considered...
- Nelson's
Pillar (also
known as the
Nelson Pillar or
simply the
Pillar) was a
large granite column capped by a
statue of
Horatio Nelson,
built in the centre...
- A
light pillar or ice
pillar is an
atmospheric optical phenomenon in
which a
vertical beam of
light appears to
extend above and/or
below a
light source...
- of rock
pillars are
Chambers Pillar,
Katskhi pillar,
Pompeys Pillar, and
Pillar Rock. The
Oxford Dictionary of
Geography defines earth pillar as: "An...
- The
pillars on a car with
permanent roof body
style (such as four-door sedans) are the
vertical or
nearly vertical supports of its
window area or greenhouse—designated...
- The
Thousand Pillar Temple or
Rudreswara Swamy Temple is a
historical Hindu temple located in the town of Hanamakonda,
Telangana State, India. It is dedicated...
- The iron
pillar of
Delhi is a
structure 7.21
metres (23 feet 8 inches) high with a 41-centimetre (16 in)
diameter that was
constructed by Chandragupta...
- 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...