Sisupalgarh
Sign in to saveSisupalgarh or Sisupalagada () is situated in Khurda District in Odisha, India, and houses ruined fortifications. First inhabited around 7th to 6th centuries BCE, it is one of the largest and best-preserved early historic fortifications in India, and was once the capital of ancient Kalinga. It is identified with Kalinganagara of Kharavela and Tosali of Ashoka.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Sisupalgarh
- Ancient site.image
- Sisupalgarh fortified urban center.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Remains of pillars of Sisupalgarh fortified urban center, an ASI Listed Monument
- Ancient site.location
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.part_of
- Kalinga
- Ancient site.built
- 800 BCE to 500 BCE
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 4th Century CE
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1948 by B.B. Lal
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- B.B. Lal, M.L. Smith, R.K. Mohanty, Paul Alan Yule
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- Present Status
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Sisupalgarh or Sisupalagada () is situated in Khurda District in Odisha, India, and houses ruined fortifications. First inhabited around 7th to 6th centuries BCE, it is one of the largest and best-preserved early historic fortifications in India, and was once the capital of ancient Kalinga. It is identified with Kalinganagara of Kharavela and Tosali of Ashoka.
==Description== thumb|(Kiel Univ.) thumb|Area D ruin, 2004 (FH Mainz). thumb|Ruins of Sisupalgarh being encroached by new buildings thumb| Ruins of the North West gate of Sisupalgarh The remains of the ancient city Sisupalgarh has been discovered near Bhubaneswar, today, the capital of the Odisha state in India. Sisupalgarh was a nationally protected monument. On the basis of the architectural pattern and artefacts discovered during the early excavations, B. B. Lal concluded that this fort city flourished between 3rd century BC and 4th century AD. On the basis of the new findings, M.L. Smith and R. Mohanty claimed in 2001 that the fortified city flourished from around 5th century BC and probably lasted well after the 4th century. Thus, this defensive settlement originated prior to the Mauryan empire.