Raw data
This Theravada site is close to Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh, India) and reasonably forms part of that site’s complex. The oldest remains date to the second century BCE. Punch mark coins from the first century CE were also found. In addition to the stupas (now mounds), archaeologists from the Birla Archaeological and Cultural Research Institute found a well-developed monastic establishment with a vihara of two wings, stylistically similar to Nagarjunakonda and a second or third century phase at Amaravati.
P.R. Ramchandra Rao, Andhra Sculpture (Hyderabad, Akshari, 1981) 105.
Input by: Stewart Gordon 15 Apr 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 27 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 Vaddamanu monastery, IN.
Lat 16.531313 Long 80.422326
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Vaddamanu 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 16.531313 Long 80.422326 - based on coordinates of an arbitrary spot in the Vaddamanu village in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 27 May 2015.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Amaravati monastic cluster
- Pedda Madura monastery
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
- Theravada - Ramchandra Rao (1981:105)
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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