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Nagarjunakonda

నాగార్జునకొండ మ్యూజియం

Nagarjuna Sagar, Andhra Pradesh · 16.5219°, 79.2429°

Buddhist monastic complex, with Hindu shrines to Shiva, Kartikeya and DeviIkshvakuAmaravati school
Sacred since
200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
3rd c. CE (Ikshvaku)
Ikshvaku

History & significance

A valley of more than thirty Buddhist viharas, stupas and chaityas that flourished in the 3rd century CE when the Ikshvaku king Vashishthiputra Chamtamula made Vijayapuri his capital, with later building under the Vengi Chalukyas and the Reddi rulers. Excavated between 1954 and 1960 and then flooded by the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir, its remains were moved to an island museum opened in 1966.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Ikshvaku