Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is an important irrigation
dam on the river Krishna. This is the tallest and biggest masonry dam in the
world. It is the third largest man made lake. Apart from this, some remains of
Buddist civilization dating back to the third century A. D. are seen at an
island called Nagarjunakonda on the other side of the river Krishna. Some
excavations of the surroundings have brought to light the remains of a
University which was flourished under Acharya Naragjuna, to Nagarjuna, the
great Buddhist saint, scholar and philosopher, who migrated to Nagarjunakonda
from Amaravathi to spread the massage of Lord Buddha. The foundation stone of this
dam was laid by the first Prime Minister of Independent India, Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru on 10-12-1955.
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