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Amaravati

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Amaravati (ŭ'mərävŭ`tē), ancient ruined city, Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, near the mouth of the Krishna River. The former capital of the Buddhist Andhra kingdom, it is a well-known archaeological site. Remains include a beautiful Buddhist stupa (1st cent. A.D.).


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Inspired perhaps by his mother's unexpected elevation to the highest office in the land, President Pratibha Patil's son Rajendra Shekhawat, a first timer, staked claim and got the ticket for the Amaravati assembly constituency in Maharashtra, edging out a popular state minister who has now not only turned a rebel candidate but even dragged the Rashtrapati Sharad Pawar Bhavan into Congress politics by accusing the president of misuse of office.
The Satavahana kings were patrons of Buddhism and spent large sums on the upkeep of great monasteries such as those at Sanchi, Amaravati and Nagarjunikonda and on Building schools, rest-houses, wells, tanks, bridges and ferryboats.
A major aspect of the study of Indian terracotta art of this period is its close associations with early Indian narrative stone sculptures of Bharhut and Sanchi, Amaravati, Bodhgaya, and various other sites of this genre, some of which have been discovered comparatively recently.
 
 
 
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