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Bhattiprolu
16.1026° N, 80.7807° E
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Bhattiprolu is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Bhattiprolu mandal in Tenali revenue division. The Buddhist stupa in the village is one of the centrally protected monuments of national importance. One of the earliest evidence of Brahmi script in South India comes from Bhattiprolu. The script was written on an urn containing Buddha's relics. The script has been named Bhattiprolu script.
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King Kuberaka rule
c. 230 BCE
Stupa construction
3rd–2nd century BCE
Mounds discovered
1870
Alexander Rea excavations and relic finds
1892
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