Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu

Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu (r. 1783–1816), of the Vasireddy clan, was the hereditary zamindar of Chintapalli, later Amaravathi, under the Nizam of Hyderabad and later the British East India Company. He had under his control 552 villages and towns located in Guntur and Krishna districts and their environs. Discontented with the treatment by the East India Company, he abandoned his hereditary palace at Chintapalli and founded a new palace and town called Amaravathi at the site of the ancient Satavahana capital next to Dharanikota. During the construction of the town, his workers unearthed the Amaravati Stupa, though their activities also caused significant damage to the site.