Synopsis The second volume of Nagarjunakonda Excavation Report, which is the outcome of a special project undertaken to unveil the extensive remains in the valley in 1954. As a result of this great event, a new approach to combat the total destruction of the cultural heritage was possible by transplanting the ruins. Within a span of six years more than hundred sites were unearthed ranging in dates from early stone age to the late medieval period. Nagarjunakonda came into prominence under the Ikshvaku rulers when structural activities and artistic pursuits reached their height. This present volume gives an account on the historical period relating to the chronological framework with details of religious and secular structural remains, inscriptions, coins besides various other items of daily use. After the decline of the Ikshvaku rulers, Nagarjunakonda witnessed a fall both in political glory and in artistic tradition, which regained its lost position during the Bahmanis, Vijayanagra and Gajapati Kings.