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 68 Masjid-i-Kutb-ul- Islam. section appearing in the same shaft. The primitive mode of decorating a square Hindu column, commenced by cutting off the corners and by a number of plain incisions. As the demand for ornamentation increased, the surfaces of the remaining portions were carved and elaborated in many various ways, and a large number of different modes of treatment are presented in the pillars of the Colonnade.