Besqas - unidentified Buddhist monastic site, CN

Raw data

BESQAS (Bešqaš). Structure: temple or monastery. Location: Xinjiang, CN. Mentioned in: Barat (n.d.). Investigated (so far fruitlessly) by: tmciolek, 26 Dec 2010.

Input by: tmciolek, Dec 26, 2010

Final data (and their sources)

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Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m / 2 km / 20 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of XXXX monastery, XX.

General location of the XXXX monastery, XX.
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Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2013.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=0.1+0.0+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20XXXX%20monastery,%20XX)&ll=0.1,0.0&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en


Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

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2. Monastery's modern country & province

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3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

  • Approx. Lat x Long y - based on visual identification of the site in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, date.

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

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

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7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

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8. The settlement's coordinates

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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

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16. Additional notes

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

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18. Available Printed Literature

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