. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. ;lonza Cyamanandapur,Pargana Sunahata, in the townof Balasore, there is a big stiipacalled Usa-medha. There isalso a tradition that Usa, thedaughter of Bana Paja, wasimited in marriage with Ani-radddha on this spot. Anotherobject of interest in the townis the tank named Killa-pukhur. Formerly there was abig fort here belonging to thewitliin which was situated a tank. Four sidesof the latter are constructed with stone. Thereis a hamam or bath near it surrounded by highwalls. Formerh there was, within this walledenclosure, a beautiful fountain which w
. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. ;lonza Cyamanandapur,Pargana Sunahata, in the townof Balasore, there is a big stiipacalled Usa-medha. There isalso a tradition that Usa, thedaughter of Bana Paja, wasimited in marriage with Ani-radddha on this spot. Anotherobject of interest in the townis the tank named Killa-pukhur. Formerly there was abig fort here belonging to thewitliin which was situated a tank. Four sidesof the latter are constructed with stone. Thereis a hamam or bath near it surrounded by highwalls. Formerh there was, within this walledenclosure, a beautiful fountain which was con-nected with the tank. Traces of these are stillto be found. There are four reservoirs of waterhere, also connected with the tank. Traditionhas it that this bath was constructed under theorders of the Midiammadan Subahdar Taki Khanfor the use of the ladies of his harem. The old Dutch cemetery of Balasore is anotherplace of interest. At the time when this was aDutch settlement many notable Dutch factors orotticials Avere interred BHIIVrAPUR. • There is a veiy ancient and large villao-ecalled Blumapnr on the sea-sliore at a dis-tance of eight miles to the south-east of Bala-sbre. Ill a jungle by the side of a high sand-bank on the shore, is a broken image of BhimaDevi, known to the people as Kahka. Verylikely the place has derived its name from thatdeity. Formerly this A^illage was granted to aBrahmana family who still reside here. There aremany ancient tanks in various parts of thevillage. One of those was very large ; it is nowdried np, with a part of it under residents recollect seeing in their youth theremnants of stone Avails on two sides of thetank. These are now buried at the time of excavations in thisvillage, a very l^eautiful life-sized image ofJaina Tirthaijkara A^ardhamana Svamin wasunearthed from the depth of three statue is finely sculptured. The imagehas been removed by Raja Baikuntha NathDe, zamindar o
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