Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology
by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri | 2018 | 90,477 words
This page relates ‘Lower Krishna Valley (23): Takkelapadu’ 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’s life drawn from the Avadanas and Jatakas which are illustrated in Amaravati art.
Lower Kṛṣṇā Valley (23): Takkelapadu
[Location: Takkelapadu (Lat 16034’N Long 80030’E Jaggayyapeṭa Taluk, Kṛshṇā District)]
This small village [Takkelapadu] is located in the Jaggayyapeṭa taluk of Kṛshṇā district. Survey in the region was conducted by B.R Subrahmanyam of the Department of Archaeology, Nagarjuna University, Gunṭur. Here two sites are found of which one is a Buddhist site. Excavation in the Buddhist site brought to light one brick structure in two-three courses along with some pottery of early Historic period. The other site is a habitation site which unearthed a number of potteries (Red Ware, Black Ware) of the Early historic period. A standing Buddha figure and some bricks are also discovered from the site. The site is datable to the 1st-3rd century C.E[1].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Ramalakshman, A (ed), 2002, ‘Excavation 1987-88’, Op.cit, p 22.