Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology
by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri | 2018 | 90,477 words
This page relates ‘Lower Krishna Valley (32): Dantapuram’ 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 (32): Dantapuram
Dantapuram [Dantapura] lies in the right bank of river Vamsadhāra in Sarbhujali Mandal of Śrīkākulam [Śrīkākula] district[1]. Excavations revealed some brick votive stūpas, beads of terracottas, stone ornaments, stone objects, sherds of Black and Red Ware, Black polished Ware, Red Slipped Ware, knobbad Ware etc. It yielded two cultural phases-Early Historic and Early Medieval.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Ramalakshman, A (ed), 2002, ‘Excavations 1993-1994’, Op. cit, p 53.