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Show MARKS CENTER OF THE EARTH Lofty Monument in Delhi, India Erected After a Meteorite Fell , Near the Spot. The Idea that the earth is not a flal disk, but a globe, does not seem t( have "caught on" in India, for thej still talk about a certain place beinj the "center of the world." In Delhi stands a lofty monument that goes by name of Kutub Minor a structure towering high above th temple of which it is a part. The appearance of this curious piece of architecture is that of a number of tiers of columns, seemingly tied together in bundles. At big In tervals there are balconies. The Kutub Minor is of special interest inter-est and note in the world over which the religion of the teneher Buddha holds sway. Here, long ago, tradition has It a meteorite fell, sent by the ruling powers in the mystic world beyond be-yond this life to murk the exact center of the world. In commemoration of this miraculous miracu-lous event the Kutub Minor was erected erect-ed on the spot, that mankind might never "forget it. London Answers. From a girl's point of view, t be able to wear small shoes Is a great feat. The Tuptro pygmy people are cnl tivators of tobacco. |
