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This mysterious iron pillar in India has been exposed to the elements for over 1,600 years. So why hasn’t it ever rusted?
They found that the pillar, primarily made of wrought iron, has a high phosphorus content (about 1%), and lacks sulfur and magnesium, unlike modern iron. Additionally, ancient craftsmen used a ...
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FreshtoHome and BlueStone-backer Iron Pillar is planning to bring assets worth $1 billion under management
The company has made 12 investments since 2016 and has received one exit to date. Technology-focused investment firm Iron Pillar is expecting to double its assets under management (AUM ...
PBS7y
Episode 4: Ages of Gold
They mastered the world's first large scale wrought iron technology—the Delhi iron pillar, and their courtly culture was the setting the world's first sex manual, the Kama Sutra. Meanwhile in ...
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Moneyball: Sameer Nath of Iron Pillar On Being Low Key And ‘Really’ Getting Back Into The Market
Iron Pillar is a tech-focused fund that was founded in 2016 and closed its first fund of INR 200 Cr in 2017. It has already made two investments — one in Bluestone Jewellery, an online jeweller ...
Cambridge University Press1y
Story of the Delhi Iron Pillar
Rab, Shanay Wan, Meher and Yadav, Sanjay 2023. Handbook of Metrology and Applications. p. 1. Story of the Delhi Iron Pillar traces the history of the pillar located in the Qutub Complex and describes ...