Raw data
"Monument Name: ANCIENT BUDDHIST MOUNDS LOCALLY KNOWN AS 'DHANA DIBBALU'
Location: Kotturu (near Gokivada Forest)
Brief History:
There are many mounds on the hill, the excavation of which revealed a brick stupa chaitya. The stupa is in wheel shape in plan. The big mound near the stupa appears to be a vihara complex. The antiquities recorded from this place are similar to those Sankaram and other Buddhist sites in the region. The Buddhist remains here are datable to 1-2nd century AD. on the basis of datable antiquities recovered during excavation."
http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/vizag_monuments.html
"Kotturu Dhanadibbalu - This is an ancient Buddhist remain site with a Maha Stupa and Remains of Vihara's along with a small portion of rock cut cave used by Buddhist monks. (1ST century BC to 2ND century AD) on the hill entrance to the Gokivadu forest area. It lies along the Left banks of River Sarada.
This place is locally known as "Dhanadibbalu". Still excavations are to be done by the archeology department at this site to excavate the viharas and minor edicts. Small rock cisterns are present very near to the Maha stupa, which is at the entrance of the hillock and at a further distance one can see the ruined mounds of Vihara with scaterred bricks. From there we can reach the rock-cut caves with small (nearly 5) portions (locally known as pandavula guha, due to the resemblance with the number of accommodation in the cave). […] Kotturu Dhanadibbalu is nearly 8KM from Yelamanchili town towards Atchutapuram. […] Lat 17.5275, Long 82.908056
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotturu_Dhanadibbalu
http://wikimapia.org/5018183/Kotturu-Buddhist-Archaeological-Site
Kottur: Archaeological survey of India on a "treasure hunt"
April 15, 2006
By Syed Akbar
http://syedakbarindia.blogspot.com.au/2006/04/kottur-archaeological-survey-of-india.html
Input by: tmciolek, Sep 27, 2012
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 07 Sep 2013
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 Kotturu monastery, IN.
Lat 17.52774 Long 82.90783
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2012.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Kotturu monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Andhra Pradesh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Dhana Dibbalu - http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/vizag_monuments.html
- Dhanadibbalu - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotturu_Dhanadibbalu
- Kotturu Dhanadibbalu - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotturu_Dhanadibbalu
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 17.52774 Long 82.90783 - based on visual identification of the site in satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 27 Sep 2012.
- Approx., Lat 17.5275, Long 82.908056 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotturu_Dhanadibbalu
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Elamanchili - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Elamanchili.html
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Yellamanchilli - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Elamanchili.html
- Yellamanchili - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Elamanchili.html
- Yelamanchili - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotturu_Dhanadibbalu
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 17.5500 Long 82.8667 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Elamanchili.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- 1st-2nd century AD - http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/vizag_monuments.html
- 1st century BC to 2nd century AD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotturu_Dhanadibbalu
MBM chrono-tag <=0200 - tmciolek 07 Sep 2013
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12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- The antiquities recorded from Kotturu are similar to those at the Sangharama monastery and other Buddhist sites in the region - http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/vizag_monuments.html
- "The Kotturu "mounds" are similar in structure to the internationally famous "Salihundam", a Buddhist site in Srikakulam district. Salihundam is an ancient settlement containing a maha stupa, votive stupas, chaityas, platforms and viharas. Here the inscriptions date back to the second century AD. The Kotturu "mounds" are four hundred years older than the Salihundam and archaeologists expect more "surprises" during the excavations." - http://syedakbarindia.blogspot.com.au/2006/04/kottur-archaeological-survey-of-india.html
- "Kotturu and surrounding areas as also the ancient sites along the river Krishna in Krishna and Godavari districts had played an important role in the spread of Buddhism from India to Sumatra, China and other countries in the Far East." - http://syedakbarindia.blogspot.com.au/2006/04/kottur-archaeological-survey-of-india.html
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- Archaeological, stylistical
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. Available Printed Literature
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 1]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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