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JAJPUR, or JAJPORE

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 129 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAJPUR, or JAJPORE  , a
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town of
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British India, in
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Cuttack
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district, Bengal, situated on the right
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bank of the Baitarani
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river . Pop . (1901),12,111 . It was the capital of
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Orissa under the Kesari dynasty until the Irth century, when it was superseded by Cuttack . In Jajpur are numerous ruins of temples, sculptures, &c., and a large and beautiful sun pillar .

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