Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology
by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri | 2018 | 90,477 words
This page relates 鈥楲ower Krishna Valley (31): Gopalapatnam鈥� of the study on Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology, including museum exhibitions of the major archeological antiquities. These pages show how the Buddhist establishment of Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) survived from 4th century BCE to 14th century CE. It includes references and translations of episodes of Buddha鈥檚 life drawn from the Avadanas and Jatakas which are illustrated in Amaravati art.
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Lower K峁涐梗峁嚹� Valley (31): Gopalapa峁璶am
Gopalapa峁璶am is a village on the left bank of rivulet 罢补峁囜笉补惫补 in Payakaraopeta in Vizag[1]. Excavations at Gop膩lapa峁璶am brought to light votive 蝉迟奴辫补蝉 (PL 11d), 惫颈丑腻谤补蝉, cisterns and early historic habitation. The early historic habitaion showed some brick structures datable to first century C.E. Excavations by the Department of Archaeology and Museum, Government of Andhra Pradesh yielded Buddhist settlement over a hillock termed as Bhubiko峁囜笉a[2].
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[1]:
Ramalakshman, A (ed), 2002, 鈥楨xcavations 1998-1999鈥�, Op. cit, p 55