| Identification / पहचान | |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | AP14007450 |
| Built Heritage/Site निर्मित धरोहर / स्थल |
Built Heritage |
| Name of the Monument / Built Heritage / Site स्मारक / निर्मित धरोहर / स्थल का नाम |
Adurru |
| State / राज्य | Andhra Pradesh |
| District / जिला | East Godavari |
| Manual District | |
| Sub District / उप-जिला | |
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| Village / गाँव | |
| Manual Village | Adurru |
| Cultural Affiliation / सांस्कृतिक सम्बंधन | Historic - ऐतिहासिक काल |
| Date/Period तारीख/युग |
C.1000 - 600 BCE |
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| Geo-Location / भू-अवस्थिति | |
| Latitude / अक्षांश | |
| Longitude / देशान्तर | |
| Approach to the Monument / पहुंचने का मार्ग | |
| Approach /पहुंचने का मार्ग | |
| Air Port / विमानपत्तन | |
| Railway Station / रेलवे स्टेशन | |
| Bus Station / बस स्टैंड | |
| Topographical Features / स्थलाकृतिक विशेषताएं | |
| Topographical Feature / स्थलाकृतिक विशेषताएं | |
| Topographical Description / स्थलाकृतिक विवरण | |
| History / इतिहास | |
| Brief History / संक्षिप्त इतिहास | |
| Local / Traditional description associated with Built Heritage / Site निर्मित धरोहर / स्थल से सम्बंधित स्थानीय/ परम्परागत विवरण |
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| Architectural Style / स्थापत्य शैली | |
| Building/ Structure/Site
इमारत / संरचना / स्थल |
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| Description of Building/ Structure/Site
इमारत/संरचना/स्थल का विवरण |
EXCAVATION AT ADURRU, DISTRICT EAST GODAVARI.--- The Hyderabad Circle of the Survey under the direction of H. N. Singh, assisted by D. Hanumantha Rao, M.V. N. Krishna Rao, R.S. Kulkarni, T. Chenchuratnam and Gayasuddin, carried out excavation at Adurru with a view to expose the Buddhist stupa and monastery complex. The Buddhist remains cover an area of 3200 square m Approximately 2.04 acres with a 4m high mound. The excavation revealed a sprawling stupa built on a plan of spoked wheel within a wheel together with its components. Out of the concentric circles the outer consisted of twenty-four spokes and twenty-four cells and the inner sixteen spokes and sixteen cells. The diameter of the hub was 5.30 m.The dome raised over the outer concentric circle left a lime-plastered 1 m wide space on the drum as an offset. The circumference of the stupa was 64 cm with a diameter of 20.40m with an extant height of 3.45m from the plinth level. Below the plinth level, it had eight brick courses, the last one resting over the natural sand. On all the cardinal directions, the stupa was provided with projected platforms, a salient feature of the Andhra stupas. There is no evidence for the existence of a railing around the stupa. But there exists a brick wall, 0.60m in breadth, at a distance of 6m from te eastern platform, its function could not be ascertained due to limited excavations. Towards the northern side of the stupa an apsidal chaitya-griha, measuring 16.10 m in length and 6.55m in width, was exposed. The have portion measures 8.80m in length and 3.45m width. Within the chaitya griha, there is a provision for a miniature stupa with a diameter of 2.35m. The chitya has an entrance doorway measuring 1.00m in width. The longitudinal brick wall of the chitya has ten brick courses pl. 1 . Towards the north eastern side of the stupa a circular shrine in brick was exposed. The shrine had an entrance porch measuring 2.45 X 1.30 m. The diameter of the shrine was 6.30m. The circular wall of this shrine, which was 1.04m in breadth, had eight extant brick courses. It was enclosed within a broad brick wall of 6.20m in length on the northern and southern sides functioning probably as the boundary wall for the entire complex. The southern endabutted the shrine. The east-west and the north-south sections of the stupa and chaitya revealed 5 layers, of which layer 1 was composed of very thick compact brownish earth. Layer 2 was composed of compact brownish soil, mixed with brick bats and was the sealing layer of the stupa-chaitya and circular shrine and part the stupa and platforms. Layer 2 a being debris was composed of loose brownish soil with brick bats whereas layer 3 was a structural layer composed of brownish soil with small brick-bats which sealed the floor of stupa-chaitya. Layer 4 was composed of brownish earth of rammed floor with brick-bats which was the working level of the stupa, whereas layer 5 was the natural riverine sand. Pottery was recorded in limited quantity.Sherds of jars, troughs, dishes and bowls of red and kaoline potteries were recovered. Only a few antiquities were found. The noteworthy amongst them was a fragment of a carved chalcedony with lime plaster sticking on its back. On the basis of the pottery types and stupa architecture the structures are datable to second-third century AD. |
| Structure material and other material संरचनागत सामग्री और अन्य घटक |
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| Building/Structure material and other material used प्रयोग में लाई गई इमारती / संरचनागत सामग्री और अन्य घटक |
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| Usage(s) / प्रयोग | |
| Sub-Usage(s)/ उप-प्रयोग | |
| Ownership / स्वामित्व | |
| Protection status / संरक्षण अवस्था | |
| Plan/Elevation विन्यास/उध्र्व विन्यास | |
| Published Reference / प्रकाशित संदर्भ | |
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| Name / नाम | IAR |
| Year / वर्ष | |
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PG. 1,2 |
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