Kadiyala Venkateswara Rao Explained

Kadiyala Venkateswara Rao
Birth Date:	7 April 1948
Birth Place:	Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation:	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,^[1] 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.^[2]
Buddhist site at Pondugula in Krishna district.^[3]
Buddhist site at Parupaka in East Godavari district.^[4]
Buddhist site at Ayyapparaju Kothapalli, Tondangi Mandal in East Godavari district.^[5]
Prehistoric site at Tetagunta in East Godavari district.^[6]
Prehistoric site at Sangamayyakonda near Amudalavalasa in Srikakulam district.^[7]
Prehistoric site at Dannanapeta near Amudalavalasa in Srikakulam district^[8]
Prehistoric site at Chittivalasa, Sailada Hills near Amudalavalasa in Srikakulam district.^[9]

References

News: Huge dolmen of Iron Age discovered . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523225856/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/20/stories/2011052058150100.htm . 23 May 2011 . 20 May 2011 . dead. The Hindu. 8 October 2018.
Web site: Pottery with a hoary past. P. Samuel Jonathan. The Hindu.
Web site: Buddhist site unearthed near Mylavaram. P. Samuel Jonathan. The Hindu.
Web site: Another Buddhist site discovered in E. Godavari. B.V.S. Bhaskar. The Hindu.
Web site: Another Buddhist site found. B.V.S. Bhaskar. The Hindu.
Web site: Pre-historic habitations found in EG. B.V.S. Bhaskar. The Hindu.
Web site: Iron Age habitation found in Srikakulam. Special Correspondent. The Hindu.
Web site: Archaeology Excavations. Archaeology.
Web site: Bhimbetka-like prehistoric settlement found near Srikakulam. K. Venkateshwarlu. The Hindu.