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"Andan Dheri an important Buddhist site is located 7 km north of Chakdara Bridge near village Uchh. According to Buddhist pilgrim Xuan Zang this site was attached to a famous lagend about Buddha. According to this legend, in order to save people from famine Buddha changed himself into a great serpent lying dead in the valley. The starved people cut pieces from the body and fed themselves.
[…] Archaeologists have found the stupa [near the monastery] […] Over 500 pieces of Gandhara sculpture were recovered [from the site]
Three kilometers from Andan Dheri Stupa a Hindu Shahi fort of Kamal Khan China is located. It is now in ruins. From this fort a track leads to Nimogram Buddhist Monastery and Stupa."
http://www.pakgateway.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=193&Itemid=44
Chakdara, Pakistan Page
Other names: Chakdarra,Chakdarra Fort
World:Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province
Lat 34.6572 Long 72.0353
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Chakdara.html
Fa-hsien visited Swat valley (Wu-chang country) where he found about 500 sangharamas, all of them belonging to the Theravada school. (Litvinskii et al. 1996:168)
"Uchh and the Noor Mahal Uchh is an ancient historic village of Dir District, …"
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Malakand
"Alladun Dheri an important Buddhist site is located 7 km north of Chakdara Bridge near village Uchh. According to the Buddhist pilgrim Xuan Zang this site was connected with a legend about Buddha."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakdara
"Journeying from Chakdara towards Dir, a route turns to the old village of Uchh. It is around 8 to 10 kilometers from Chakdara. One suddenly finds the glimpses of a Buddhist stupa of Andan Dheri welcoming visitors just before they step into Uchh."
http://naturetourism.info/PlaceDetail.aspx?PlaceID=103
Input by: tmciolek, Nov 25, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 26 Nov 2010
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Andan Dheri monastery, PK
Lat 34.7096 Long 72.0161
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Andan Dheri [monastery?] [the presence of monastery is suggested by the presence of the stupa - tmc, 26 Nov 2010]
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx,. Lat 34.7096 Long 72.0161 (est. coords [acc. to maps.google.com] of a spot some 8 km N of Chakdara - tmciolek, 26 Nov 2010.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- The monastery is a part of the Swat Valley monastic cluster. The nearby monasteries are:
- Gumbatuna monastery
- Nimogram monastery
- Shingerdar monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Chakdarra - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Chakdara.html
- Chakdarra Fort - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Chakdara.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.6572 Long 72.0353 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Chakdara.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Theravada - Litvinskii et al. (1996:168)
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
- Over 500 pieces of Gandhara sculpture were recovered [from the site] - http://www.pakgateway.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=193&Itemid=44
12. Date-intermediate
- The monastery was visited by Faxian [(337 – c. 424 CE)] - Litvinskii et al. (1996:168)
- MBM chrono-tag 0333-66p 0367-99c 0400-32c - tmciolek 18 Dec 2012
- 0333-66p 0367-99c 0400-32c 0433-66c 0467-99c 0500-32c 0533-66c 0567-99c 0600-32c 0633-66c 0667-99p dated-xx
- The monastery was visited by Xuanzang [596 or 602 – 664)] - http://www.pakgateway.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=193&Itemid=44
- MBM chrono-tag 0600-32c 0633-66c 0667-99p - tmciolek 18 Dec 2012
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
- Dressed stones used in the construction resemble those in Nimogram monastery.- http://ranasami123.tripod.com/id102.html
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- archaeological
16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
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