Raw data
"[…] Chinese traveler Hieun Tsang [= Xuanzang] had visited Vadnagar between 640 to 644 A.D. and documented presence of 1,000 Buddhist monks and 10 Buddhist monasteries in and around Vadnagar town known as Anandpur in that era." http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/ 1900-yr-old-buddhist-monastery-discovered-in-gujarat_100106503.html
Input by: tmciolek, Jul 16, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 20 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Anandpur monastic cluster, IN.
Lat 23.7830 Long 72.6330
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Anandpur monastic cluster
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Gujarat
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 23.7830 Long 72.6330, using Vadnagar's coords. - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/09/Vadnagar.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Vadnagar monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 23.7833 Long 72.6333 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/09/Vadnagar.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
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12. Date-intermediate
- Active in 640s AD - http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/1900-yr-old-buddhist-monastery-discovered-in-gujarat_100106503.html
13. Date-late
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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- pilgrimage account
16. Additional notes
- 10 Buddhist monasteries with a total of 1,000 monks in 640s - http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/1900-yr-old-buddhist-monastery-discovered-in-gujarat_100106503.html
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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