Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology
by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri | 2018 | 90,477 words
This page relates ‘Lower Krishna Valley (30): Chejarla’ 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 (30): Chejarla
Chejarla is located in the Narasaropet taluk of the Gunṭur district. It is possibly the ancient city of Kapota Kandarapura, which is identified with Kandarapura, the capital of the Ananda gotras. The Chejarla temple dating to the Gupta period was built by the kings of the Ananda gotra dynasty. It was one of the earliest Hindu temples in apsidal form which possibly derived its form from chaityas of the Buddhists. The Buddhist chaityagṛha was probably converted into a temple of Kapoteśvara[1].(PL 11c)
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Ramachandran A, Op.cit, pp 101-102