This article lists monuments and sites of historic importance in Odisha, India.
Prehistoric Site Date(s) Picture Location Description ReferencesGudahandi c. 20000 BCE Kalahandi district Rock paintings from Upper Paleolithic. Vikramkhol c. 3000 BCE Jharsuguda Prehistoric human rock shelter with inscriptions.
Ancient
Singhapura (In Jajpur Dist): Some historians said that it was the capital of Singha Bahu, a Kalinga King who was contemporary of Lord Buddh and Bimbisar of Rajgrih. His exiled son Prince Vijaya established Sinhalese dynasty in Sri Lanka.
Site Date(s) Picture Location Description References Dhauli 262 BCE Dhauli, Bhubaneswar Site of the Kalinga War Sisupalgarh c. 300 CE Bhubaneswar Ancient fort Asurgarh c. 9th century BCE Kalahandi Asurgarh is an archaeological site in the Kalahandi district of Odisha, India. Asurgarh is one of the sites which has its beginning in around 8th-9th century BC and emerged as one of the early urban fortified settlements in the region and it is older than Sisupalgarh. Archaeologists have unearthed artefacts believed to be 2,300-year-old while carrying out excavation at the Asurgarh Fort in Odisha’s Kalahandi district. DB Gadanayak, Archaeological Survey of India, says Asurgarh is one of the sites which has its beginning in around 8th-9th century BC and emerged as one of the early urban fortified settlements in the region by the efforts of tribal and non-tribal inhabitants of the region. Lokesh Durga, Department of History of Delhi University, says Asurgarh settlement is older than Sisupalgarh and the first Urbanization process in Odisha started from Asurgarh.L K Durga, 2018. Process of Peripheralization of Settlements in Early Historic Odisha: An Archaeological Perspective, Vol. 6, Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology http://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume6/26.pdfD B Garnayak, 2020. Excavation at Asurgarh: An Early Historic Fortified Settlement in Odisha , Vol. 8.2, Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, http://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume8.2/18.pdfBindusagar Tankc. 7-8th century CE Old Town, Bhubaneswar A ritual tank with a shrine in the centre Chausath Yogini Temples c. 9th century CE Jharial, Bolangir A hypaethral temple for 64 yoginis Chausathi Jogini Temple 9th century CE Hirapur, Khurda Hypaethral temple for 64 Yoginis in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar Anantashayana Vishnu 9th century CE Sarang, Dhenkanal 15 metre long rock cut image of Vishnu lying in rest.
Medieval
Site Date(s) Picture Location Description References Ratnagiri c. 10th century Jajpur Buddhist monastery built by the Bhauma-Kara dynasty Lalitgiri c. 10th century Cuttack A group Buddhist monasteries Brahmeswara Temple 1058 CE Bhubaneswar Shiva temple built during reign of the Somavamsis Jagannath Temple c. 1090 Puri Vaishnava temple built by Eastern Ganga dynasty kings Lingaraja Temple c. 1100 Bhubaneswar Shiva temple built by Somavamsi kings Gundicha Temple 12th century Puri Built by the Eastern Ganga dynasty. Houses the main idols during the Ratha Yatra festival Barabati fort c. 1230 Cuttack Presumed to have been built by Anangabhimadev III of the Eastern Ganga dynasty Kapilash Temple 1246 Dhenkanal Shiva temple constructed by Narasingha Deva I Konark Sun Temple c. 1250 Konark Supposedly built by king Narasingha Deva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty around 1250 Ananta Vasudeva Temple c.1278 Bhubaneswar Vaishnava temple built by Queen Chandrika, daughter of Anangabhimadeva III, of the Eastern Ganga dynasty Atharanala Bridge c.1300 Puri Bridge with 18 arches, purportedly built by Narasingha Deva II of Eastern Ganga Dynasty Biraja Temple, Jajpur 13th Century Built originally by Jajati Keshari of Soma Dynasty Annakoteshvara Temple 16th Century Latadeipur, Gondia, Dhenkanal Shiva temple built during the reign of the Gajapati dynasty Alarnath Temple1610 ADBrahmagiri, Puri, 752011 Baladevjew Temple 1707 Kendrapara Temple built during Maratha occupation of Odish Qadam-e-Rasool 1718 Cuttack Mosque built by Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan. Purportedly contains a Qadam Rasul (footprint of Muhammad).
Colonial
Site Date(s) Picture Location Description References Joranda Gadi Early 20th century Joranda, Dhenkanal Contains the samadhi of the founder of the Mahima Dharma sect. Inchudi 1930 Balasore Site of Salt Satyagraha in the state
See also History of Odisha List of heritage sites in Odisha
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