Pillar (484 AD) – This sandstone pillar was setup by two brothers, Matri Vishnu and Dhanya Vishnu, in the reign of the Gupta emperor Budhagupta. Total height of the column is 43 feet which included 5 feet high statues on top of the column.
Cunningham describes the dimensions of the column as follows. It is placed on a pedestal, 13 feet square. The lower part is a 2 feet 10.25 inches square and 20 feet in height. The shaft becomes octagonal above this to a height of  8 feet. Above this is placed the capital which lower part is a reeded bell of 3.5 feet high and 3 feet in diameter. Above this capital is an abacus of 1.5 feet and topped with a square block of 3 feet height.
On top of this square block are two statues with a wheel in between them. Early scholars suggested that it could be an image of Vishnu however later studies revealed that these are the images of Garuda who is holding a snake in his hands. Garuda-stambha (Garuda pillars) were very common in those times as Garuda-dhvaja was the royal emblem of the Guptas.
Inscription -

1. Pillar inscription of Budhagupta –  Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol III – written in Sanskrit -dated in year 165 of the Gupta Era (484-85 CE) – The inscription opens with a verse in praise of Vishnu whose ensign is Garuda. Then we are told that when one hundred and sixty five years had elapsed and when Budhagupta was the lord of the earth and when Surasmichandra was a protector of people protecting the province intervening between the Kalindi (Yamuna) and Narmada, this dhvja-stambha of Bhagwan Janardana was caused to be erected by the Maharaja Matrivishnu and his younger brother Dhanyavishnu. He was the son of Harivishnu, grandson of Varunavishnu and above all the great-grandson of Indravishnu, the Brahmana sage, who was the head of the Maitrayaniya scholl of Yajurveda and performed sacrifices.