An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s12.t2.7
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s12.t2.7
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With the advent of the Gupta rule many older settlements like MATHURA, SARNATH and BODH-GAYA regained their prominence while new ones like those at RATNAGIRI in Orissa and CHANDRAKETUGARH in W. Bengal also cropped up. Fa-Hien saw Buddhism undoubtedly in a flourishing state in the 5th century. By about the 4th-5th century, as the excavation of a monastery at KĀVERĪPAṬṬINAM reveals, Buddhism had reached the heart of the Tamil country. In Kerala the evidence ranging from the 7th to the 10th centuries is rather sporadic.