This rendering by architecture firm Foster and Partners depicts the planned Amaravati Government Complex to be built in India's Andhra Pradesh State. (Courtesy of Foster and Partners)

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July 4, 2018 12:41 JST

AMARAVATI, India -- Alongside the River Krishna sits Amaravati, an ancient Buddhist pilgrimage site that until recently was home to thousands of acres of fertile farms growing bananas, sugar cane, cotton, rice, spices and vegetables.