Nagarjunakonda
Nagarjunakonda

Nagarjunakonda (meaning Nagarjuna Hill) is a historical Buddhist town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is 160 km west side of the state capital, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh. It is one of India's richest Buddhist sites, known in the ancient times as Sri Parvata. It now lies almost entirely under the Nagarjunasagar Dam. It is named after Nagarjuna, a southern Indian master of Mahayana Buddhism who lived in the 2nd century AD, who is believed to have been responsible for the Buddhist activity in the area. The site was once the location of many Buddhist universities and monasteries, attracting students from as far as China, Gandhara, Bengal and Sri Lanka. The Buddhist archaeological sites there were submerged, and had to later be dug up and transferred to higher land on the hill, which had become an island.

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Reconstructed Monastery
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A decorated stupa on a drum-slab
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Buddha and Nanda on a visit to Heaven
01 January 1984
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Scale-model of a monastery
01 January 1984
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Reconstructed chaitya-griha
01 January 1984
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Indra's visit to Buddha
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Garland-bearers
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Scene from Sibi-Jataka
01 January 1984
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Reconstructed maha-chaitya
01 January 1984
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Decorated pillar
01 January 1984
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The Great Departure of Buddha
01 January 1984
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Buddha's parents grieving after the Great Departure of Buddha
01 January 1984
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