rome on a map Forty kilometres southwest of Vizag is this stunning Buddhist complex (admission free; h9am-6pm), be

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Forty kilometres southwest of Vizag is this stunning Buddhist complex (admission free; h9am-6pm), better known by the name of its two hills, Bojjannakonda and Lingalakonda. Used by monks from the 1st to 9th centuries AD (p910), the hills are covered with rock-cut

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