The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.71

v2.c17.71

The tank, as it now stands, measures 1300 x 700 feet, having an average depth of 16 feet; the water, in the month of November, when I saw it was six feet deep. All its four sides were originally lined with blocks of laterite, so arranged as to form magnificent flights of steps. On the south side these steps are still in a good state of preservation. On the east and the west, for half the length in continuation of the south side, they are still *ni situ*, but beyond that, they have fallen down into the bed of the tank. On the north side, the whole of the stone embankment has fallen down, except about twenty feet in the middle, which forms a ghat on that side, leading from a group of small temples there to the water. The place is sheltered by several large mango trees, and is generally selected as the encamping-ground for such Europeans as occasionally visit the town.