Ashoka Pillar near Bara Hindu Rao hospital

This Ashokan Pillar belongs to the 3rd century BC. 

It was brought by Feroz Shah Tughlaq from Meerut. 

The pillar was transported to Feroz Shah's hunting lodge in Delhi in 1356 A.D, after the sultan developed a liking for it. 

The pillar too has seven main inscriptions or edicts of Emperor Ashoka apart from some figures and many minor inscriptions. 

However, the pillar was damaged by a gunpowder explosion in 1713 and was broken into five pieces. 

In 1838, Hindu Rao took possession of these pieces and donated them to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta (Kolkata). 

Those pieces were brought back from Kolkata and the pillar was re-erected at its previous location in Delhi, in 1867.