Chunar stone or Red-spotted sandstone is a kind of reddish or buff-colored, finely grained, hard
sandstone quarried in the
Chunar in the
Mirzapur District of
Uttar Pradesh, and widely used in the architecture of
India.
[Mahajan V.D. (1960, reprint 2007). ''Ancient India'', New Delhi: S.Chand, New Delhi, , p.349]
Background
Notable buildings and monuments carved from chunar stone include:
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Pillars of Ashoka.
[Thapar, Romila (2001). '' and the Decline of the Mauryan'', New Delhi: Oxford University Press, , pp.267-70]
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St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata.
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