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Gummadidurru is a major Buddhist site in District Krishna, Andhra Pradesh (lat. 16 degrees 52 minutes x long. 80 degrees 18 minutes N.). Much of the site has been removed by local people for building materials. Fortunately, the lower portions of the main stupa were below the current day ground level and have yielded many sculpted stone slabs (most now in the Amaravati Museum) showing scenes from the life of the Buddha and Jatakas. The site shows evidence of long occupation, at least from the second century CE to the seventh century CE. The evidence for monastic presence is an inscription granting the sect named Puvascliyas [= Purvasailiya, tmc] aland and money for their maintenance. It is presumed that they were the main monastic establishment on the site. No building that can be identified as a monastery has, however, been located [Note: traces of a long, rectangular building with several rooms can be seen in the satellite photographs some 30 m west of the stupa - tmc, 20 May 2015]. Debala Mitra, Buddhist Monuments (Calcutta: M.Dutt Shishu Sahitya Samsad, 1971) 221-222.
Input by: Stewart Gordon 11 Apr 2015
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/new-inscription-discovered-at-gummadidurru/article3027992.ece
Input by: tmciolek, 20 May 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 20 May 2015
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Gummadidurru monastery, IN.
Lat 16.861595 Long 80.318175
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Gummadidurru monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India: Andhra Pradesh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 16.861595 Long 80.318175 - based on visual identification of the site (ruins of buildings with many rooms, stupa) in satellite imagery & , maps.google.com - tmciolek, 20 May 2015.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Machilipatnam - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Machilipatnam.html
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 16.1875 Long 81.1389 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Machilipatnam.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana - Mitra (1971:221-222)
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Purvasailiya - Mitra (1971:221-222)
11. Date-early
- Evidence of long occupation, at least from the second century CE to the seventh century CE.- M.Dutt 1971:221-222
MBM chrono-tag <=200 - tmciolek 27 Jun 2015
<=200 0200-32c 0233-66c 0267-99c 0300-32c 0333-66c 0367-99c 0400-32c 0433-66c 0467-99c 0500-32c 0533-66c 0567-99c 0600-32p 0633-66p 0667-99p - dated-el
12. Date-intermediate
- The monastery was active in 275 AD - http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/new-inscription-discovered-at-gummadidurru/article3027992.ece
MBM chrono-tag 0267-99c - tmciolek 27 Jun 2015
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
- Evidence of long occupation, at least from the second century CE to the seventh century CE.- M.Dutt 1971:221-222
MBM chrono-tag 0633-66p - tmciolek 27 Jun 2015
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- archaeological, inscriptions
16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
18. Known monks and nuns associated with this monastery
19. Available Printed Literature
- Debala Mitra, Buddhist Monuments (Calcutta: M.Dutt Shishu Sahitya Samsad, 1971)
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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