Buddhist Sites

-| Bhattiprolu | -

Location: District - Guntur - Lat16º 6'N, Long 80º 47 E

Bhattiprolu is a railway station on the Guntur - Repalli railway line and is about 6 kms. from the right bank of Krishna river. The stupa of Bhattiprolu is an irregular mass of brickwork with concentric courses of bricks visible at places and it yielded the corporal relics of Lord Buddha . With respect to sanctity and dimensions, this stupa found at Bhattiprolu stood next to only the Mahachaitya of Amarvati at one time. The solid brick work of the stupa revealed the drum of Stupa with wide terrace around the base of the dome which had four cardinal direction projections. The drum was embellished with oblong limestone slabs alternating with pilasters. Two pieces of a stone umbrella, ribbed inside with mesh, have been found at the site. This umbrella must have crowned the stupa. The most outstanding discovery at the site of the Bhattiprolu was three inscribed stone receptacles near the hole of the stupa. At the inside of the topmost receptacle were found, a globular black stone casket, copper bits including a ring, pearls, beads, a cup-shaped casket, an inscribed hexagonal crystal bead, gold flowers and two thin gold pieces relieved with tri-ratana symbol. The globular casket, the receptacle and the lowest receptacle also yield similar Buddhist antiquities with record of a large number of individuals belonging to different families and guilds. The inscriptions found can be dated between 1st Century and 2nd century AD.

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