The Past, Present and Future of Cuttack! Shreejit Swain, Chief Editor , Cuttack Pulse Madalapanji, the chronicle of Jagannatha temple, relates that Sri Ananga Bhima Deva III (1211- 1238 A.D.) at the sight of an auspicious sign near the Visvesvar temple of Barabati village laid the foundation stone of Barabati Kataka (Cuttack) or Varanasi Kataka (Cuttack) and made it the capital of Kalinga Empire. It is gleaned from the Nagari Copper Plate of Anagabhimadeva issued from the Abinavakataka that Anangabhima resided in the fort of Barabati. While According to Andrew Stirling, present-day Cuttack was established as a military cantonment by king Nrupa Keshari of Keshari dynasty in 989 CE (Current Era). The reign of Maharaja Markata Keshari was distinguished for the stone embank built to protect the new capital from flood in 1002 CE. After the end of Ganga rule, Odisha passed to the hands of the Suryavansi Gajapati dynasty (1434–1541 CE) under whom Cuttack con...