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A Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist site, northeast coastal Andhra Pradesh

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English: Salihundam – also called Kattaharama , Salipasaka or Salipataka in ancient Sanskrit and Pali texts – is now a village located along the Vamsadhara River as it meets the Bay of Bengal in northeastern Andhra Pradesh.
  • Salihundam is located in a hilly region that hosted a major sea port in the 1st millennium CE, as well as several important Buddhist and Hindu sites. Excavations here have unearthed significant finds of coins, ancient wares and other evidence linking its trade activity, indirectly or directly, with southeast Asian ports, as well those to the Middle East and the Romans.
  • To Buddhism, Salihundam and nearby area was important till about 10th to 11th century (inscriptions have been found from the 9th-century nearby, while Salihundam inscriptions extend till about the 6th century CE). As a port, it was important till about the 13th-century.
  • Salihundam site along with nearby Buddhist sites in Srikakulam are notable for the discoveries relating to Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. These findings suggest that Salihundam and nearby region of Andhra Pradesh was a cradle where North Indian Buddhism and South Indian Buddhism fused around the middle of the 1st millennium CE.
  • Archaeological excavations suggest that this part of India had brick structures and Rouletted Wares from centuries prior to the Buddhist remains. Thus, the Salihundam site pre-dates Buddhism.
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Source G.N. Subrahmanyam (OTRS 2021070610008045)
Author G.N. Subrahmanyam
Camera location18° 20′ 01.59″ N, 84° 02′ 35.48″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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