HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government is hoping to bring back many artifacts related to 
its new capital city Amaravati, which are on display in the British Museum in London.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary IYR Krishna Rao, who recently visited the museum, said about 30 to 40 artifacts that were excavated from and around Amaravati site are on the display at the British Museum.
“Lot of artifacts related to Amaravati are there. They are excavated from the site at Amaravati (in AP) and include stupa, pillar, relics and ‘chakras’. There (in the museum) is a separate gallery called Amaravati gallery comprising 30-40 artifacts, which are mainly related to Buddhism and Amaravati,” Mr Rao told PTI in Hyderabad.
