JAJPUR, a town of British India, in Cuttack district, Behar and Orissa, situated on the right bank of the Baitarani river. Pop. (1931) 10,673. It was the capital of Orissa some time prior to the iith century, when it was superseded by Cuttack. A mono lithic shaft, called the Chandeswar pillar, standing 20 ft. high,
dates back to the 5th century A.D. A stone bridge, 24o f t. long, with 11 spans is another monument of the Hindu kings, to whom also may be ascribed some of the many temples.