
Jaugada ("Jaugarh", ancient Samapa) is a ruined fortress in the
Ganjam district
Ganjam is a district in the Indian state of Odisha. Ganjam's total area is 8,206 km² (3,168 mi²).
The district headquarters is Chhatrapur. Ganjam is divided into three sub-divisions: Chhatrapur, Berhampur, and Bhanjanagar.
As of ...
in
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
,
India
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. Jaugada lies 35 km north-west of
Brahmapur
Brahmapur may refer to the following places:
* Brahmaloka, heavenly abode of the Hindu god Brahma
* Brahmpur, Bihar, village in Bihar, India
* Brahampur, Nepal, municipality ward in Dakneshwori, Nepal
* Brahmapur, Odisha, city in Odisha, India
* ...
and 160 km south-west of
Bhubaneshwar
Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra Khetra'' and ''Ekamra Khetra'' ( ...
. Once a provincial
Mauryan
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fortified capital of the newly conquered province of
Kalinga, Jaugada is famous for its version of the monumental
stone-cut edicts in
Prakrit
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of the Mauryan emperor
Ashoka
Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka ( ; , ; – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was List of Mauryan emperors, Emperor of Magadha from until #Death, his death in 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynast ...
.
Despite
J.D. Beglar's description during the later 19th century of the extant fortification towers and moat ("The walls had towers, also of earth, at each of the four corners, and also on each flank of each of the eight entrances"), without photos and drawings, the remains are difficult to visualize and comprehend. In 1956 Debala Mitra of the
Archaeological Survey of India
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transected the northern glacis with a trench. The now collapsed trench of this investigation appears to lie just east of the eastern gate of the north wall. It is near the great
Shiva temple Kaleswar & Rameswar (which is known as a temple where
Shiva
Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...
and
Vishnu
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are seen together).
This site was first documented in 2001 by a team from the
University of Heidelberg
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.
;Edicts of Ashoka
Jaugada is the location of some of the
Major Rock Edicts
The Major Rock Edicts of Indian emperor Ashoka refer to 14 separate major Edicts of Ashoka which are significantly detailed and represent some of the earliest dated rock inscriptions of any Indian monarch. These edicts are preceded chronologica ...
of
Ashoka
Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka ( ; , ; – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was List of Mauryan emperors, Emperor of Magadha from until #Death, his death in 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynast ...
, inscribed circa 250 BCE: Major Rock Edicts 1-10 and 14 are inscribed on a central rock in the compound, as well as Separate Edicts 1&2.
[The Geopolitical Orbits of Ancient India: The Geographical Frames of the ... by Dilip K Chakrabart]
p.32
/ref> This configuration is similar to that of the nearby Dhauli Edicts of Ashoka (250 km to the northeast).
File:Jaugada rock inscription.jpg, Ashokan inscription
File:Ashoka edict jaugada3.png, Ashoka's Rock Edict at Jaugada
References
* Yule, Paul, Early Historic Sites in Orissa (Delhi 2006)
External links
Photo Gallery of Jaugada
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History of Odisha
Maurya Empire
Archaeological monuments in Odisha