Ghantasala, Krishna district

Ghantasala

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Town
	The Ghantasala stupa
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	Ghantasala Location in Andhra Pradesh, India Ghantasala Ghantasala (India)
	Coordinates: 16°10′9.62184″N 80°56′39.3835199880193″E / 16.1693394000°N 80.944273199996672474°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Krishna
Area
• Total	12.21 km2 (4.71 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	9,248
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	521133
Telephone code	08671
Vehicle registration	AP 16
Nearest city	Machilipatnam, Gudivada
Sex ratio	10:9.8 ♂/♀
Literacy	60%
Lok Sabha constituency	Machilipatnam
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Avanigadda

Ghantasala is a village in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is 21 km west of Machilipatnam and 11 km east of Krishna River. The largest city of this district, Vijayawada, is around 60 km away. It is a rare and reputed center for Buddhist sculptures. Kaṇṭakasola was the ancient name of Ghantasala. It was also mentioned by Ptolemy (2nd century CE) as Kantakossyla.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "District Census Handbook - Krishna" (PDF). Census of India. p. 16,448. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
^ Stefan Baums, Arlo Griffiths, Ingo Strauch, Vincent Tournier. Early Inscriptions of Āndhradeśa: Results of fieldwork in January and February 2016. Bulletin de l’Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, 2016, 102, pp. 355-398. ffhalshs-01761838f

[census-1] "District Census Handbook - Krishna" (PDF). Census of India. p. 16,448. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[:0-2] Stefan Baums, Arlo Griffiths, Ingo Strauch, Vincent Tournier. Early Inscriptions of Āndhradeśa: Results of fieldwork in January and February 2016. Bulletin de l’Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, 2016, 102, pp. 355-398. ffhalshs-01761838f

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