Amaravati - అమరావతి

Amaravati is a small town situated on the banks of the River Krishna in the Guntur District (of which it is a mandal) of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is an excavation site of an ancient Buddhist Stupa. It was also the capital of Satavahanas, the first great Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, after the downfall of Maurya empire. Of all the Buddhist shrines in ancient Andhara, the Maha Chaitya at Amaravati, 32 km. From Guntur, on the bank of the river Krishna, was the most sacred as well as the most magnificent.