The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.209

v2.c17.s1.209

**Outer Enclosure.** The area within the enclosing walls was originally not level, but sloping from the table-land above towards the foot of the walls, plate LI.⁴⁶ This is evident from the flights of steps which have been built on all the four sides to reach the top. The flight on the front, to the east, includes twenty-two steps, and is commonly known under the name of Bāiśpaiṭā⁴⁷. The flight on the other sides is less extensive, that to the west being the shortest. The slope in some other places is also distinctly seen: but elsewhere it has been levelled for the erection of small temples and out-offices, and in front so filled up as to bring up the level flush with the top of the mound. At the top of the steps there is a double wall dividing the area into two, an outer and an inner enclosure. The former is broadest on the south side and narrowest on the west, the measurements being : south 160 feet, east 144, north 150, and west 68 feet, comprising an area of about 2,73,142 square feet, while the superfices of the inner enclosure is barely 1,11,200 square feet.