Jaggayyapeta

The 1st-century BCE Buddhist stupa site at Jaggayyapeta in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, 60 kilometres from Vijayawada — one of the Amaravati school's major secondary sites, with carved limestone sculpture of the Mahachakkavattin (universal monarch) type now in the Chennai Museum. The site was excavated by Alexander Rea in 1882. The Jaggayyapeta reliefs include the famous Mahachakkavattin stele with its seven jewels and attendant figures — one of the earliest surviving Chakravartin images in Indian Buddhist art. The site was active from the 2nd century BCE through the 3rd century CE under Satavahana and Ikshvaku patronage. The ASI protection established 1882 preserves the stupa foundations and the surrounding monastic cells.