Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology
by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri | 2018 | 90,477 words
This page relates 鈥楲ower Krishna Valley (30): Chejarla鈥� 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鈥檚 life drawn from the Avadanas and Jatakas which are illustrated in Amaravati art.
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Lower K峁涐梗峁嚹� Valley (30): Chejarla
Chejarla is located in the Narasaropet taluk of the Gun峁璾r 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 肠丑补颈迟测补驳峁沨补 was probably converted into a temple of Kapote艣vara[1].(PL 11c)
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[1]:
Ramachandran A, Op.cit, pp 101-102