Amarāvati Stupa is a ruined Buddhist stūpa at the village of Amaravathi, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, India, probably built in phases between the...
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Mahayana Buddhism. The city used to have a large Buddhist Stupa now known as Amaravati Stupa. It was also the centre of Buddhist learning and art with...
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Amaravathi, Palnadu district (redirect from Amaravati, Guntur district)
British East India Company. Amaravathi is named after the ancient Amaravati Stupa, which was unearthed in the process of the town's construction. It...
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British Museum from the Amaravati Stupa in Amaravathi, Guntur in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Amaravati artefacts entered the Museum's collection...
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Stupa In Buddhism, a stupa (Sanskrit: स्तूप, lit. 'heap', IAST: stūpa) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra –...
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standardised here. The Amaravati style of Buddha image retained its popularity in Sri Lanka till the 12th century. Amaravati Stupa Gandharan Art Buddhist...
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Telugu language (section Amaravati Stupa)
is assigned Unicode codepoints: 0C00-0C7F (3072–3199). Amarāvati Stupa is a ruined Buddhist stūpa at the village of Amaravathi, Palnadu district, Andhra...
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Amaravati, Amaravathi or Amravati may also refer to: Amaravati, a Pali word meaning "Abode of the Deathless", which refers to nirvana Amaravati Stupa...
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Telugu people (section Amaravati School of Art)
Gandharan style. Amaravati school flourished under the local Sada rulers, Satavahanas, and Andhra Ikshvakus till 325–340 CE. Amaravati Stupa is the most famous...
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Nagarjunakonda (category Stupas in India)
shrines. It is 160 km west of another important historic site, the Amaravati Stupa. The sculptures found at Nagarjunakonda are now mostly removed to various...
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the Buddha's teachings. It is not to be confused with the ancient Amaravati Stupa in India. The resident community consists of monks (bhikkhus), nuns...
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Satavahana dynasty (category History of Amaravati)
regional Amaravati style of sculpture also influenced the sculpture of Southeast Asia. Amaravati Marbles, fragments of Buddhist stupa Fragment of Amaravati stupa...
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Bharhut (category Stupas in India)
railings at Sanchi Stupa No.2 (starting circa 115 BCE). Though more provincial in quality than the sculpture at Sanchi, Amaravati Stupa and some other sites...
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Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (redirect from Amaravati Metropolitan Region Development Authority)
Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (abbreviated as APCRDA), Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Act, 2014. The authority...
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base and narrow neck which serves as a sacred ornament adorning the Amaravati Stupa along with an Ashoka Chakra and the four lion heads as its official...
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(Divya Prabhandham) scriptures. Most of Carnatic Music is in Telugu. Amaravati Stupa. It is dated to 2nd century BCE and is probably, the name of a stonemason...
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(230 ft) La Danta of El Mirador (Guatemala) and the 73 m (240 ft) Amaravati Stupa of Amaravati (India) were constructed in around 300 BC. The Lighthouse of...
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Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu (redirect from Raja Venkatadri Naidu (Amaravati king))
the process of its construction, his workers unearthed the famous Amaravati Stupa as well as causing considerable damage to it. The Vasireddy zamindari...
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chalcolithic-age vessels from Navdatoli and as far as Bronze Age Crete. Great Stupa of Amaravati The term Andhra was first mentioned as the name of a tribe in the...
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Andhra Pradesh Capital Region (redirect from Amaravati Metropolitan Region)
of 8,352.69 km2 (3,224.99 sq mi) under 58 mandals . The capital city Amaravati is an urban notified area and will cover 217.23 km2 (83.87 sq mi), within...
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Sanchi (redirect from Sanchi Stupa)
479223°N 77.739683°E / 23.479223; 77.739683 Sanchi Stupa is a Buddhist complex, famous for its Great Stupa, on a hilltop at Sanchi Town in Raisen District...
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The museum has a collection of the remains of the slightly later Amaravati Stupa. There is a large and representative collection of Buddhist and Hindu...
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Buddhist symbolism (section Stupa)
Sanchi, Amaravati, Bharhut, Bodhgaya and Sarnath. According to Karlsson, three specific signs, the Bodhi tree, the Dharma wheel, and the stupa, occur frequently...
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Buddhism to ancient Buddhist sites in the lower Kṛṣṇa Valley, including Amaravati Stupa, Nāgārjunakoṇḍā and Jaggayyapeṭa. The Shunga dynasty (185–73 BCE) was...
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Amaravati Seed Capital Road (E3) is an ongoing arterial flyover road project and a part of Amaravati Seed Access Road Network to connect the city of Vijayawada...
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ceremony on selected disciples, which would take the antiquity of the Amaravati Stupa back to 500 BCE. Taranatha, the Buddhist monk writes: "On the full...
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important ones are located at Sanchi, Bodhgaya, Bharhut, and possibly Amaravati Stupa. The most widespread examples of Mauryan architecture are the Ashoka...
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Ancient Indian architecture (section Stupas)
1st century BCE to the 1st century CE. Slab of Amaravati Marbles, depicting of the Great Amaravati Stupa, with a Buddha statue at the entrance, Amaravathi...
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at the Amaravati Stupa Scroll supported by Indian Yaksha, Amaravati, 2nd–3rd century CE Mara's assault on the Buddha, 2nd century CE, Amaravati Stone sculpture...
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Amaravati stupa. Erotes, garland and the Buddha on the Kanishka casket Limestone coping fragment, Ter, Maharashtra. Garland bearers, Amaravati stupa,...
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