Raw data
The site is located four miles southeast of Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh, India. Alexander Rea in 1893 discovered the site, which includes a large stupa and monastery. His brief description does not give enough information to date Pedda Madura. It remains unexcavated.
P.R. Ramchandra Rao, Andhra Sculpture (Hyderabad, Akshari, 1981) 104.
Input by: Stewart Gordon 15 Apr 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 14 May 2015
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Pedda Madura monastery, IN.
Lat 16.541762 Long 80.398296
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Pedda Madura monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India: Andhra Pradesh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Peddamaduru - https://www.google.com/maps/
- Peddamadur - http://www.infolanka.com/org/srilanka/hist/85.htm
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 16.541762 Long 80.398296 - based on visual identification of the most likely site of the Pedda Madura stupa in maps/satellite imagery maps.google.com - tmciolek, 25 May 2015.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 16.5753 Long 80.3580 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Amaravati.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
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12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
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
- [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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