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Also known as Nagarjuna Hill

thumb|Drum panel depicting a stupa with the Buddha's descent from Trāyastriṃśa heaven, second half 3rd century.

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Historic site.name
Nagarjuna Konda
Historic site.native_language
te
Historic site.image
Buddhist site 3rd century AD.jpg
Historic site.caption
Ruins of the site
Historic site.alt
Ruins of the site
Historic site.locmapin
India
Historic site.map_relief
yes
Historic site.location
Macherla mandal, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Historic site.governing_body
Archaeological Survey of India

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13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Archaeological research
  • Excavated ruins
  • Buddhist ruins
  • Hindu ruins
  • Greco-Roman artifacts
  • Inscriptions
  • Etymology
  • Nagarjunasagar Dam
  • Tourism
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|Drum panel depicting a stupa with the Buddha's descent from Trāyastriṃśa heaven, second half 3rd century.

Nagarjunakonda (ISO: Nāgārjunikoṇḍā, meaning Nagarjuna Hill) is a historical town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of India's historical Buddhist sites, and now lies almost entirely under the lake created by the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. With the construction of the dam, the archaeological relics at Nagarjunakonda were submerged, and had to be excavated and transferred to higher land, which has become an island.

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