| Kadiyala Venkateswara Rao | |
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| Born | (1948-04-07)7 April 1948 Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Occupation(s) | Retired Deputy Director in SAAP, archaeologist |
Kadiyala Venkateswara Rao (born 7 April 1948) is a retired sports Deputy director in Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh, a professional freelance-archaeologist. He hails from Tenali in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. He is credited with the exploration and identification of a large number of prehistoric and Buddhist sites in Andhra Pradesh in the recent years. (2010–2014)
Discoveries & Explorations
- Buddhist and Prehistoric site at Mallepadu (near Tenali) in Guntur district.
- Buddhist site at Pondugula in Krishna district.
- Buddhist site at Parupaka in East Godavari district.
- Buddhist site at Ayyapparaju Kothapalli, Tondangi Mandal in East Godavari district.
- Prehistoric site at Tetagunta in East Godavari district.
- Prehistoric site at Sangamayyakonda near Amudalavalasa in Srikakulam district.
- Prehistoric site at Dannanapeta near Amudalavalasa in Srikakulam district
- Prehistoric site at Chittivalasa, Sailada Hills near Amudalavalasa in Srikakulam district.
References
- "Huge dolmen of Iron Age discovered". The Hindu. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- P. Samuel Jonathan. "Pottery with a hoary past". The Hindu.
- P. Samuel Jonathan. "Buddhist site unearthed near Mylavaram". The Hindu.
- B.V.S. Bhaskar. "Another Buddhist site discovered in E. Godavari". The Hindu.
- B.V.S. Bhaskar. "Another Buddhist site found". The Hindu.
- B.V.S. Bhaskar. "Pre-historic habitations found in EG". The Hindu.
- Special Correspondent. "Iron Age habitation found in Srikakulam". The Hindu.
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- K. Venkateshwarlu. "Bhimbetka-like prehistoric settlement found near Srikakulam". The Hindu.