History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c47.145

v2.c47.145

Between the *Bhogamaṇḍapa* and the outer gateway leading to the street, in front of which the *Aruṇastambha* from Konarak stands, there are three gateways in the inner enclosure. The central of these openings is in a line with the Singh Darwāja and the eastern gate of the *Bhogamaṇḍapa*. This doorway is also covered with decorations in the Konārak style, but the carvings are much later, being in fact later than those of the *Bhogamaṇḍapa*.² The very crude and unnatural human figures, the inartistic Nāga pilasters, etc., testify to its late date. Nobody has yet made it known to the public whether there is any record of its erection in the local chronicles. It seems to be certain from the style of carving that it belongs to the period of the *faineant* Gajapatis of Khurda.