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Nagarjuna
Sagar, earlier called Vijayapuri in ancient times, is an important Buddhist
site located 150 kms from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. It is named after the
Buddhist Saint Acharya Nagarjuna and reveals one of the most outstanding
Buddhist civilizations of the 3rd Century from Lonavala and can be reached
by an uphill clim
b of half-hour from the Malavali Railway Station on the
Mumbai- Lonavala - Pune section of the Central Railway. A.D. A replica of
the excavated site hasa been created and carefully preserved onan island
known as Nagarjuna Konda. The excavations have brought to light the
Mahachaitya, the most sacred of the Stupas. An inscription in Brahmi
characters states that the relics of Buddha lie within the Mahachaitya while
others have revealed the existence of a Vihara and also an Aswamedha
(sacrificial alter), besides tools from the paleolithic and neolithic ages.