1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 21… (1911)
“ In architecture it has strictly the second sense. The column erected in honour of Diocletian at Alexandria is known as Pompey’s pillar, and the so-called columns of Trajan and Antoninus are in reality pillars, performing no structural function beyond that of carrying a statue. In India the only example is the iron pillar at Delhi, which is an extraordinary specimen of the iron worker’s art considering the remote date at which it was made. ”
