Excavations at Ratnagiri Lalitagiri Udayagiri, situated at a distance of about 5 kms from one another and 100 kms. from Bhubaneswar unearthed larg monasteries, big stupas, large numbers of votive stupas, and terracotta seals. Just round the corner of these sites stands Langudi hill on the right bank of river Kelua. Excavations unearthed hear a cluster of rock cut votive stupas,tow unique Buddha images and panchadhyani Buddha with their female counterparts.
The museum of the Archaeological survey of India at Ratnagiri with over a thousand artefacts and sculptures of the area provide a glimpse of the state of Buddhism in orissa during 6th-7th c. AD. TOW inscribed images of a king found here are identified by some historians as that of Emperor Ashoka.
The museum of the Archaeological survey of India at Ratnagiri with over a thousand artefacts and sculptures of the area provide a glimpse of the state of Buddhism in orissa during 6th-7th c. AD. TOW inscribed images of a king found here are identified by some historians as that of Emperor Ashoka.