Anandpur monastic cluster, (near) Vadnagar, Gujarat, IN

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)

Last updated: 16 Jul 2010

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:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=23.7830+72.6330+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Anandpur%20monastic%20cluster,%20IN)&ll=23.7830,72.6330&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

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Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

• Anandpur monastic cluster

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2. Monastery's modern country & province

• India:State of Gujarat

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3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

• [missing data]

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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

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5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

• Vadnagar monastery

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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village

• Vadnagar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/09/Vadnagar.html

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7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

• Anandpur - http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/1900-yr-old-buddhist-monastery-discovered-in-gujarat_100106503.html

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8. The settlement's coordinates

• Approx., Lat 23.7833 Long 72.6333 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/09/Vadnagar.html

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9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

• [missing data]

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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

• [missing data]

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11. Date-early

• [missing data]

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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

• MBM chrono-tag 0600-32p 0633-66c 0667-99p - tmciolek 18 Dec 2012
• 0600-32p 0633-66c 0667-99p dated-x

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13. Date-late

• [missing data]

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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

• [missing data]

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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

• pilgrimage account

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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

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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

• [missing data]

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