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Adurru
16.4786° N, 81.9545° E
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Adurru is a village and a 2nd-century CE Buddhist archaeological site in the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in the Mamidikuduru Mandal, on the western bank of Vainateya, a distributary of the Godavari River, around 9.5 km from the Bay of Bengal.
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First excavation
1925
Declared protected monument
1955
End of animal sacrifices at mound festival
1960
Census data recorded
2011
Contemporary claim about foundation
2015
Scholarly dating to 2nd century CE
2016
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