The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c18.49

v2.c18.49

Both the design and the execution of the frieze are excellent and as the stone was lying uncared for in front of the porch, the Asiatic Society of Bengal some time ago expressed a wish to have it brought to its Museum at Calcutta. The Government, thereupon, sanctioned a grant of of Rs. 3,000 for its removal and the work was made over to the Public Works Department. The grant, however, sufficed for the laying of a tram-road and the removal of the stone to a distance of about two hundred yards, and, the nearest port for putting the stone on board a Government steamer being somewhat over a mile, the work had to be abandoned, and the stone now lies on its truck as shown in the photograph.