Sisupalgarh
20°13′35.9″N 85°51′11.0″E / 20.226639°N 85.853056°E Sisupalgarh or Sisupalagada (Odia: [sisupaːl̪ɔɡɔɽɔ] ⓘ) 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.
Remains of pillars of Sisupalgarh fortified urban center, an ASI Listed Monument | |
Interactive map of Sisupalgarh | |
| Location | Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
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| Type | Settlement |
| Part of | Kalinga |
| History | |
| Founded | 800 BCE to 500 BCE |
| Abandoned | 4th Century CE |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1948 by B.B. Lal |
| Archaeologists | B.B. Lal, M.L. Smith, R.K. Mohanty, Paul Alan Yule |