Dhulikatta is located in on the right bank of Hussainimiya Vagu in Peddapalli Taluk of Karimnagar District, Andhra Pradesh.
A major Buddhist site with Buddhist stupas of the Satavahana period, Dhulikatta is one of the 30 walled cities that found mention in Megasthanes' travel account, the Indica.
A Buddhist stupa on a mound and the Vihara dating as old as 2nd century BC has been unearthed here.
The stupa have been found with ayaka platforms, embellished drum with sculptured veneer slabs and limestone slabs.
The 3 day Satavahana festival in the month of January every year attracts tourists and mass gatherings from far off places.
Associated with the structures, the other relics that were excavated in Dhulikatta were gateways built of light bricks, Chatra, Buddhapada, Charmachakra Stupa, Mahastupas, residential houses, wells, bangle pieces, ivory combs, gold objects, punch-marked coins, beads, Roman and Satavahana coins and seals.
Research states that forty-seven slabs were used to decorate the dome of the Stupa here.
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