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Ratnagiri (ରତ୍ନଗିରି),
meaning
"hill
of
jewels")
is
the
site
of
a
ruined mahavihar,
once
the
major
Buddhist
monastery
in
modern Odisha,
India.
It
is
located
on
a
hill
in
between
the
Brahmani
and
Birupa
rivers
in Jajpur
district.
It
is
close
to
other
Buddhist
sites
in
the
area,
including Lalitagiri and Udayagiri,
and
100 km
(62 mi)
from
the
state
capital
Bhubaneswar and
70km
from
the
former
state
capital Cuttack.
Ratnagiri
is
a
beautiful
tourist
spot
in
Jajpur
district
of
Odisha.
Buddhist
sculptures
and
monuments
is
world
famous
here.
There
is
also
a
beautiful
museum
which
houses
the
various
Buddhist
sculptures
discovered
here
and
various
furniture
of
that
period.
The
Buddhist
monuments
were
constructed
from
the
5th
century
CE
onwards,
with
the
last
work
in
the
13th
century,
and
the
peak
period
of
work
done
between
about
the
7th
to
10th
centuries.
After
perhaps
the
16th
century
the
site
ceased
to
be
used
and
fell
into
ruins.
These
were
little
known
until
the
1960s
when
major
campaigns
of
excavations
by
the Archeological
Survey
of
India ("ASI")
revealed
the
site,
producing
large
quantities
of
very
fine
sculpture.
Monastery
1
has
been
described
as
"the
finest
in
terms
of
carved
stone
decoration
to
have
survived
in
India".
Some
of
this
was
removed
to
museums
elsewhere,
with
much
left
on
site.
A
museum
at
the
site
has
recently
been
opened
to
house
many
pieces.
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