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Bhubaneswar

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Bhubaneswar (bbänĕ`swär), city (1991 pop. 411,542), capital of Orissa state, E central India, on a distributary of the Mahanadi River. A small town before it became the capital in 1948, it is a modern administrative center and the seat of Utkal Univ. and Orissa Univ. of Agriculture and Technology. There are rolling mills and wire-cable works; the city has an airport. Settlements date back to the reign of Asoka Asoka (əsō`kə), d. c.232 B.C., Indian emperor (c.273–c.232 B.C.) of the Maurya dynasty; grandson of Chandragupta .
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 (3d cent. B.C.). The capital of the Kesaris dynasty of Orissa (5th–10th cent.) was here. Bhubaneswar, a religious center, once had c.7,000 shrines around its sacred lake; the remains of c.500 still stand, displaying many styles of Hindu and Buddhist art and architecture. Lingaraja temple is the most famous. The city was devastated by a cyclone in Oct., 1999.
Bhubaneswar
an ancient city in E India, the capital of Orissa state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop.: 647 302 (2001)


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If the women villagers have a role model of an independent woman, it would have to be Mamata Sahu, who coordinates CRS's partner organizations in Orissa's capital, Bhubaneswar.
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