A tiny village located in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India, Bhattiprolu was known as Pratipalapura in the erstwhile era. At that point of time it was a very well known Buddhist town under the Sala kingdom.
Bhattiprolu is most known for its stupa, the Chinna Lanja dibba and Vikramarka kota dibba. Excavation undertaken in the year 1870 unearthed three mounds while the one carried out in 1892 led to the discovery of three inscribed stone relic caskets containing crystal caskets, relics of Buddha and jewels. The diameter of the stupa measures around 40 m with an additional basement of 2.4 m wide running all around. The most important discovery is the crystal relic casket of sarira dhatu of the Buddha from the central mass of the stupas.
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