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Kanaganahalli

Buddhist maha-stupa site in Karnataka, India

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Kanganahalli, situated about 3 km from Sannati, is an important Buddhist site where an ancient Mahastupa was built. It is on the left bank of the Bhima river in Chitapur taluk, Kalaburagi district in Karnataka, India. Nalwar is the nearest Railway station about 19 km from Sannati. The Buddhist site about 2.5 km from Chandrala Parameshwari temple of Sannati.

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Satavahana inscription (Chimuka year 16)

c. 110 BCE

Site dating range

1st century BCE to 3rd century AD

Stupa construction

1st century BCE

Mahayana patronage

3rd to 4th centuries AD

ASI excavations

1994–1998 and 2000–2002

Conservation restarted

2022

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Artificial Mounds
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Coordinates

16.84° N, 76.93° E