Ancient · Buddhist · India

Bavikonda

బావికొండ

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh · 17.8172°, 83.3908°

Gautama Buddha (relic stupa)Undetermined—

Sacred since

300 BCE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

3rd c. BCE

Undetermined

History & significance

A hilltop Buddhist monastery complex of stupas and viharas about 16 km from Visakhapatnam, protected as a monument and dated to the third century BCE. Excavations by the state archaeology department yielded pottery, coins, tiles, inscriptions and relic caskets, among them an urn holding a piece of bone taken to be a relic of the Buddha; the name means 'hill of wells' in Telugu, after its rainwater cisterns.

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