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"From the Memoirs of Xuanzang, we learn that, at the time of his visit in 630, there were in Balkh, or its vicinity, about a hundred Buddhist convents, with 3,000 devotees, and that there was a large number of stupas, and other religious monuments and that Buddhism was flourishing in the Bactrian portion of Western Turk empire."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nava_Vihara
Input by: tmciolek, 12 Jul 2010.
Input by: tmciolek, 4 Mar 2009.
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 Balkh monastic cluster, Afhganistan.
lat=36.7583 long=66.8989
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Balkh monastic cluster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nava_Vihara
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Afghanistan:Velayat-e Balkh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. lat 36.7583 long 66.8989 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/30/Balkh.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Nava Vihara monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Bakhtar http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/30/Balkh.html
- Bkahdi http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/30/Balkh.html
- Balhika http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/30/Balkh.html
- Bactra http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/30/Balkh.html
- Bākhtar http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/30/Balkh.html
- Bactresh http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/30/Balkh.html
- Bamik http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/30/Balkh.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., lat 36.7583 long 66.8989 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/30/Balkh.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Theravada - (Krishan 1996:81)
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
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12. Date-intermediate
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
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16. Additional notes
- In 630 AD - about a hundred Buddhist monasteries in the area, with 3,000 devotees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nava_Vihara
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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