Sisupalgarh

20°13′35.9″N 85°51′11.0″E / 20.226639°N 85.853056°E / 20.226639; 85.853056

Sisupalgarh
Remains of pillars of Sisupalgarh fortified urban center, an ASI Listed Monument
LocationBhubaneswar, Odisha, India
TypeSettlement
Part of Kalinga
History
Founded800 BCE to 500 BCE
Abandoned4th Century CE
Site notes
Excavation dates1948 by B.B. Lal
ArchaeologistsB.B. Lal, M.L. Smith, R.K. Mohanty, Paul Alan Yule

Sisupalgarh or Sisupalagada (Odia: [sisupaːl̪ɔɡɔɽɔ] ) is situated in Khurda District in Odisha, India, and houses ruined fortifications. First inhabited around 7th to 6th centuries BCE, it is one of the largest and best-preserved early historic fortifications in India, and was once the capital of ancient Kalinga. It is identified with Kalinganagara of Kharavela and Tosali of Ashoka.