Lingalakonda stupa
#Kalinga #Budhhism
*The set of stupa one can find near to Visakhapatnam.
*Vizag was historically a part of the Kalinga but being a border area it was regularly annexed by either the state of Kalinga or the Vengi this makes it harder to find a connected
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#Kalinga #Budhhism
*The set of stupa one can find near to Visakhapatnam.
*Vizag was historically a part of the Kalinga but being a border area it was regularly annexed by either the state of Kalinga or the Vengi this makes it harder to find a connected
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account of its history till 616 AD when Pulakesin conquered Coastal vengi. A gold coin belonging to Samudra Gupta of the Gupta dynasty (340 -375 AD) and a 5th- 6th century AD terracotta sealing with a legend in Kalinga characters believed to the Rana Durjaya have been found
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in the Buddhist rock cut stupa
*he is believed to have been a vassal of Vishnukundina.
*But The early E.Gangas of Kalinga were predominantly active in this area
*We can also find some of Kalinga style Chaita house and stupa like Siva linga in the hill.Hense known as lingalakonda
*he is believed to have been a vassal of Vishnukundina.
*But The early E.Gangas of Kalinga were predominantly active in this area
*We can also find some of Kalinga style Chaita house and stupa like Siva linga in the hill.Hense known as lingalakonda
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