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Historians say
By consistent account the king saw the chariot of the Konark Sun Temple while on campaign in Odisha and resolved to build one of the same kind in his own capital. SOURCE CONFLICT on which king.
Historians say
A granite shrine to Garuda in the form of a chariot, on a rectangular platform, flanked by two elephants. The wheels were originally designed to rotate. It is on the Indian fifty-rupee note.