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The Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Stupa, also code-named "Stupa C1", is a small limestone stupa from the Chakhil-i-Ghoundi monastery, at the archeological site of Hadda in eastern Afghanistan. Most of the remains of the stupa were gathered in 1928 by the archeological mission of Frenchman Julien Barthoux of the DAFA, and have been preserved and reconstituted through a collaboration with the Tokyo National Museum. They are today on display at the Musée Guimet in Paris. It is usually dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakhil-i-Ghoundi_Stupa
Adah, Afghanistan Page
Other names: Ada
World:Afghanistan:Velayat-e Nangarhar
Lat 34.3600 Long 70.4717
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/18/Adah.html
Input by: tmciolek, Jul 6, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
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 Chakhil-i-Ghoundi monastery, AF.
Lat 34.36667 Long 70.46667
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Chakhil-i-Ghoundi monastery - Bopearachchi (2002).
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Afghanistan:Velayat-e Nangarhar
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Chakhil-i-Ghoundi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakhil-i-Ghoundi_Stupa
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.36667 Long 70.46667 - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#084 Hadda)
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Hadda monastic cluster
- Tep Shotor monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Hadda - Bopearachchi (2002)
- Ada - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/18/Adah.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 34.3600 Long 70.4717 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/18/Adah.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- 2nd century AD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakhil-i-Ghoundi_Stupa
12. Date-intermediate
- 3rd century AD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakhil-i-Ghoundi_Stupa
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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