Dharanikota

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Dharanikota or Dhanyakatakam or Palden Drepung is a town near Amaravati in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh in India, which means a town of rice or paddy.[1][2][3]

[edit] Location

It located in the Krishna valley in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh in India.

[edit] Importance

It is the site of the ancient Dhanyakataka which was the capital of the Satavahana kingdom which ruled in the Deccan around the 1st to 3rd centuries A.D.. It also seems to have been the capital of the Kota Vamsa Dynasty. The Krishna valley is an important rice producing area. It was also an important centre of trade with other parts of India and foreign countries. The place is also famous for the great Buddhist stupa and Kalachakra ceremonies conducted there. Hsuan Tsang visited Amaravathi and wrote a glorious account of the place, Viharas and monasteries that existed then.[4][5][6]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Amaravathi gearing for Buddhist festival
  2. ^ The Hindu : Magazine / Events : On a mission for enlightenment
  3. ^ The Kalachakra Mandala
  4. ^ The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Amaravathi gearing for Buddhist festival
  5. ^ The Hindu : Magazine / Events : On a mission for enlightenment
  6. ^ The Kalachakra Mandala
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