Raw data
The site is next to Rentala village, two miles from Rentachintala is Palnad district, Andhra Pradesh, India and consists of a stupa/mound, broken sculpture, and stone steps. A inscription dates the site to a the Ikshavaku dynasty. The foundation of a rectangular building suggest a vihara.
P.R. Ramchandra Rao, Andhra Sculpture (Hyderabad, Akshari, 1981) 105.
Input by: Stewart Gordon 15 Apr 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 23 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 Rentala monastery, IN.
Lat 16.529369 Long 79.562551
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Rentala monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India: Andhra Pradesh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 16.529369 Long 79.562551 - based on coordinates of an arbitrary point in the village Rentala in satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 23 May 2015.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Goli monastery
- Manchikallu monastic cluster
- Nagarjunakonda monastic cluster
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Rentachintala - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Rentachintala.html
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 16.5525 Long 79.5533 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Rentachintala.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
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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