Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology
by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri | 2018 | 90,477 words
This page relates ‘Lower Krishna Valley (31): Gopalapatnam’ 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 (31): Gopalapaṭnam
Gopalapaṭnam is a village on the left bank of rivulet Taṇḍava in Payakaraopeta in Vizag[1]. Excavations at Gopālapaṭnam brought to light votive stūpas (PL 11d), vihāras, 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 Bhubikoṇḍa[2].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Ramalakshman, A (ed), 2002, ‘Excavations 1998-1999’, Op. cit, p 55