History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.139
History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.139
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Chanda is undoubtedly correct in assigning the Rājā-Rāṇī temple to the same period of temple building as that of the Jagannātha, thus differing from Fergusson, who placed the Rājā-Rāṇī a century before the Jagannātha. The Rājā-Rāṇī, no doubt, possesses exotic features in the numerous miniature *Śikharas* boldly projecting from the main *Śikhara*, a feature totally unknown to the mediaeval temple-type in Orissa. But the contour of the *Śikhara* and the pure Orissan *Maṇḍapa* in front of it, prove that, inspite of the introduction of exotic features, this shrine belongs to the same period of building as that of the Jagannātha at Puri.