Banyunibo [monastery?], (near) Bokoharjo, Jawa Tengah, ID

Raw data

Banyunibo, near Watugudik - remains of A Buddhist complex - (Oey et al. 2001:201)

"Banyuniba Temple is located at southern side of Cepit hamlet, Bokoharjo village, Sleman sub-district. It is around 200 m from Barong temple and about 1 km to the southwest of Yogya-Solo highway. This Buddhist temple faces west and stands alone within a plantation area. About 15 m in front of the Banyuniba temple, there is a small river.

[…] According to the research [from 1940], it is estimated that Banyuniba Temple consists of three main temples which face to the west and surrounded by lines of ancillary shrines arranged in three rows to the south and three rows to the east […]."
(PNRI 2000: http://candi.pnri.go.id/jawa_tengah_yogyakarta/banyuniba/e_banyuniba.htm)

Bokoharjo, Indonesia Page
World:Indonesia
Latitude -7.7553 Longitude 110.4917
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/ID/00/Bokoharjo.html

Candi Prambanan, Indonesia Page
Other names: Prambanan
World:Indonesia:Propinsi Jawa Tengah
Latitude -7.7500 Longitude 110.4942
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/ID/07/Candi_Prambanan.html

Input by: tmciolek, Jul 30, 2010

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 31 Jul 2010

Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of Banyunibo monastery, ID.

General location of the Banyunibo monastery, ID.
Lat -7.77830 Long 110.49422
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-7.77830+110.49422+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Banyunibo%20monastery,%20ID)&ll=-7.77830,110.49422&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en


Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

  • Banyunibo [monastery?]

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • Indonesia:Propinsi Jawa Tengah

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

  • Approx., Lat -7.77830 Long 110.49422 - based on the visual indentification of the Banyunibo ruins, approx, 500 m SE of the Rato Boko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratu_Boko) ruins - tmciolek, 31 Jul 2010.

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

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


7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

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8. The settlement's coordinates


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

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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

  • 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

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