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[[File:The Conversion and Ordination of Nanda.jpg|thumb|The Conversion and Ordination of Nanda, The Met]]

[[File:2.-Naga-Image-goli-stupa-223x300.jpg|thumb|7-hooded Mucalinda panel from the Goli stupa, worshipped as Nagamayya]]

The '''Goli archeological excavation''' was carried out in 1926 by [[Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil|Gabriel Joveau-Dubreuil]] in [[Goli, Andhra Pradesh|Goli village]], in [[Palnadu district]] located in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. The remains of a [[stupa]] were found, clad in [[Palnadu limestone]] panels.<ref name="Ramachandran">{{cite book |last1=Ramachandran |first1=T.N. |title=Buddhist sculptures from a stupa near Goli village, Guntur district |url=https://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/24185.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017070353/https://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/24185.pdf |archivedate=17 October 2022 |format=PDF |accessdate=10 April 2023 |type= |edition= |series=Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, New Series, General section |volume=1, Part 1 |year=1929 |publisher=Madras Government Museum |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Scenes from the [[Jataka tales]] and the [[Buddha]]'s life are prominent themes. The archeological evidence of a [[Vih%C4%81ra]] consists of two carved pillars and a votive stupa, which may have been part of a monastic establishment.<ref name="Mapping"/>

They are similar in execution to the fourth phase of the [[Amaravati Stupa]] ([[Ikshvaku]] period).<ref name="Ramachandran"/> The remains were transferred to the [[Government Museum, Chennai]], and some of them have found their way into other museums such as the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38240|title=The Conversion and Ordination of Nanda | India (Andhra Pradesh, Goli) | Ikshvaku period|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}</ref> and the [[British Museum]]<ref name="BritishMuseum">{{cite web |url=https://www.bmimages.com/preview.asp?image=01613505824 |title=Figure, Buddhist, Andhra Pradesh, Goli |author= |date= |work=The British Museum Images |publisher=The British Museum, London |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324170432/https://www.bmimages.com/preview.asp?image=01613505824 |archive-date=24 March 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The Goli findings were published by [[T._N._Ramachandran|T N Ramachandran]] of the then [[Government_Museum,_Chennai|Madras Government Museum]] in 1929.<ref name="Ramachandran"/>

The [[Rentala]] monastery and [[Manchikallu]] monastic cluster are found not far from Goli.<ref name="Mapping">{{cite web |url=http://monastic-asia.wikidot.com/goli |title=Goli monastery, (near) Rentachintala, Andhra Pradesh, IN |author= |date= |work=Mapping Buddhist Monasteries|publisher= |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325050058/http://monastic-asia.wikidot.com/goli |archive-date=25 March 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

A solitary seven-hooded [[Mucalinda]] panel has been enshrined ''in situ'' as [[Nagamayyā]].<ref name="Ramachandran"/> It is non-figural, i.e. [[Buddha]] is represented as a [[stupa]], not an image.

==References==
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== Further reading ==
# Ramchandra Rao, P. R. 1981. Andhra Sculpture. Hyderabad: Akshari.
==See also==
* A [https://ignca.gov.in/sculpture-of-goli/ virtual exhibition of the Goli Sculptures] from the Government Museum, Chennai.
[[Category:Buddhist holy sites in Andhra Pradesh]]

[[Category:Indian Buddhist sculpture]]

Goli archeological excavation - Revision history

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