Scientists both in India and abroad began studying the iron pillar in Delhi in 1912 to try to figure out why it hadn’t corroded. It wasn’t until 2003 that experts at the Indian Institute of ...

An iron pillar placed in the UNESCO-listed Qutub Minar complex in New Delhi has long fascinated scientists for surviving over 1,600 years without rust. Standing tall at 7.2 metres and weighing six ...

A metal column known as the Iron Pillar of Delhi, the monument can be found at the UNESCO-listed Qutb Minar complex, in the Indian capital’s southern Mehrauli district. Located in the central ...

The Iron Pillar of Delhi, erected over a millennium ago during the Gupta Empire, stands as a marvel of ancient metallurgy. Despite centuries of exposure, it remains remarkably rust-free ...

THE freedom from rusting of the famous iron pillar at Delhi has long been a subject of comment and has been attributed by some writers to the peculiar properties of the ancient iron from which it ...

And it refuses to rust. The origin of the remarkable Iron Pillar, part of the world-heritage-listed Qutub funerary complex in India’s Delhi, is lost to time. All sorts of ideas have been put ...