[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Antiquities of Orissa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875) › v2.c17.32.2 # The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.32.2 The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.32.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c17.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v2.c17.32.2) This is obviously a counterpart of the practice observed at Benares where no pilgrim can fulfil all his religious obligations without traversing the boundary of the city or performing what is there called \*pañcakoṣi yātrā\* or “five \*koṣ\* pilgrimage,” i.e., circumambulating the boundary road.¹⁶ And this is borne out by the fact that \*Ekāmra Purāṇa\* is satisfied with a circuit formed by a radius of one mile round the Great Tower or the inner circle which is nowhere beyond \[61\] five \*koṣ\* or ten miles from the temple of Viśveśvara. This shows that the boundary described is no fiction, and the road, or foot-path,—for in some places there is no distinct road now perceptible,—is the landmark of the ancient boundary. The area, however, is too large for any ancient city proper, and I am disposed to believe that it includes what formerly constituted a considerable portion of its suburbs. Anyhow this much is certain that Dhauli at one time was a part of the suburbs of Bhuvaneśvara. Now, the low hill at Dhauli, as already stated (ante p. - [Previous: v2.c17.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v2.c17.32.1) - [Next: v2.c17.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v2.c17.32.3) - [Up: v2.c17.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v2.c17.32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v2.c17.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v2.c17.32.2) · Pramāṇa