History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c24.28

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The greatest monument of this king which has survived up to our times is the temple of Jagannātha at Puri. According to Mr. Monmohan Chakravarti, the great temple, i. e., the Vimāna or sanctum and the Jagamohana or the first maṇḍapa were erected by Anantavarman Choḍagaṅga towards the close of the 11th century A. D.³ There is no doubt about the fact that the Nāṭyaśālā now called the Nāṭ-mandir, and the Bhogamaṇḍapa were erected at a much later date. The long range of votive inscriptions and pilgrim's records at Mukhaliṅgam testify to the prosperity of the metropolitan district of the kingdom of Choḍagaṅga during his reign. Bhāsvaṭī, a work on astronomy, was composed in the Śaka year 1021=1099 A. D., by one Śatānanda, son of Śaṅkara, an inhabitant of Puri. Traces of Choḍagaṅga’s name may still be found in “Churaṅgasāhī, a quarter in Puri town ; in Churaṅga-pokhri, a tank about six miles S. W., of Cuṭṭack town ; in Sāraṅga-garh, a fort, the remains of which are still visible on the Madras Trunk Road close to Barang Railway Station ; and in the temple of Gaṅgeśvara, town Jājapura, District Cuṭṭack.”¹