For Buddhism, though, the Big Problem isn’t death — instead, it’s disconnection, ... A man once asked the Buddha if he was a deva, a god like the deities in the Hindu Vedas.

Remnants of Buddhist monastery from Satavahana period unearthed at Rudragiri in Guntur Rudragiri forms part of the Eastern Ghats hill ranges and is named after king Rudra Deva of the Kakatiya dynasty.