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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 1991 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0019-7246
- eISSN
- 1572-8536
- DOI
- 10.1163/000000091790083724
- Publisher site
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Abstract
P. S K I L L I N G A B U D D H I S T V E R S E I N S C R I P T I O N F R O M A N D H R A P R A D E S H 1. Indian Archaeology 1974--75 -- A Review (New Delhi, 1979, p. 53) reported the discovery of an "inscription, engraved on a p l a q u e . . , written in Pall language and Brahmi characters of about the third-fourth century A.D.", bearing "a stanza on dukha (sic) or misery and on the eightfold path of Buddhism". The plaque was found at Guntupalle, District West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. 2. Guntupalle, located inland between the Krishna and Godavari Rivers, was an important centre of Buddhist activity from before the Christian era until the latter part of the first millennium A.C. Set in a horseshoe-shaped escarpment overlooking a ravine, it has yielded both structural and rock-cut remains. The former include a brick caitya-grha, more than thirty votive st@as, several pillared halls (mand. apa), and a brick apsidal sanctuary; the latter a number of celled cave residences (vihdra) and
Journal
Indo-Iranian Journal – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1991