Chudanga Gada

From Baranga one has to negotiate a distance of 1.5 km north of Sitaram chowk to reach the site that is situated on the right bank of the river Prachi.

The site has ruins and vestiges extending over an area more than 1000 acres of land within a fortification made of large sized dressed laterite blocks.

The fort is surrounded by Chandaka forest with its hills and hillock on the south, north and west and Baranga Police station on its east at a distance of 0.5 km.

The fort has a rectangular plan that measures 1700 m x 1500 m, within which there are several ancient remains and ruins such as i- Solapuri Uasa ( a palace of sixteen rooms) ii-Chaula ghara ( granary) iii- water bodies iv-religious shrines Solapuri Uasa or the palace of sixteen rooms occupied an area of about 25 acres.

Towards the north-eastern corner of the fort and south of Chudanga jhil, large quantity of charred rice are found, which is locally known as Chaula ghara or The Granary.

ii- Besides that, some years before a Bengali contractor removed large number of stones from the protection wall of Solapuri uasa for the construction of a canal.

The site is covered by a compound wall made of laterite that measures 1700 m in length x 1500 m in width, with a thickness of 2.30 m and height of 14.00 m as available at present.