Cham Qal'a [monastery?], (near) Baglan, Velayat-e Baghlan, AF

Raw data

"036. Cham Qal'a
Variant Name (includes): Sham Qal’a
Baghlan Province. On the east bank of the river on the northeastern outskirts of Baghlan Shahr-i Nau.
Dates: Kushan, 1st century BC - 3rd century AD (stylistic evidence);
           Hephthalite-Turk, 5th-9th century (ceramic evidence).
A square fortification mound, about 50 meters square, with the remains of a gate or stupa on its north side. There is another mound to the west, possibly of a monastery. […]
Latitude 36.150000 ° N Longitude 68.900000 ° E"
DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#036 Cham Qal'a)

There seem to be a confusion in the above data:
(a) DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#036 Cham Qal'a) coordinates (Lat 36.150000 Long 68.900000) place the site in an unamed location some 20 km east of Baghlan town & 50 km NE from Shahr-i Nau village (and thus condradict the implied proximity to either of the reference points).
(b) Shahr-i Nau village (some 30 km S of Baglan city, Lat 35.9383 Long 68.7075 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/03/Shahre_Now.html) has no location nearby, which would be named Cham Qal'a/sham Qal'a.
(c) A few kms E of Baghlan town there is a village called Cham Qal‘eh, or Cham Qala, or but is located some 30 km NE of Shahr-i Nau village.
In the above situation the DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#036 Cham Qal’a) will be ignored, and instead (and provisionally) the coordinates of the option (c), namely of the Cham Qal'eh village will be used for mapping purposes. - tmciolek, 26 Aug 2010.

Cham Qal`eh, Afghanistan Page
Other names: Čem Qal‘a,قلعه چم,قلعهٔ چم,Cham Qala,Chimkala,Chamkala,Cham Qal‘eh,Чимкала,Cem Qal`a
World:Afghanistan:Velayat-e Baghlan
Latitude 36.1394 Longitude 68.7461
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/03/Cham_Qaleh.html

Input by: tmciolek, Aug 17, 2010

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.

Location of Cham Qal'a [monastery?], AF.

General location of the Cham Qal'a [monastery?], AF.
Lat 36.1394 Long 68.7461
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.1394+68.7461+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Cham%20Qala%20[monastery?],%20AF)&ll=36.1394,68.7461&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

  • Cham Qal'a [monastery?] - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#036 Cham Qal'a)

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • Afghanistan:Velayat-e Baghlan

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

  • Sham Qal’a [monastery?] - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#036 Cham Qal'a)

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

[missing data]

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

7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

8. The settlement's coordinates

9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

[missing data]

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

[missing data]

11. Date-early

  • 1st century BC - 3rd century CE (stylistic evidence) - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#036 Cham Qal'a)

12. Date-intermediate

  • 5th-9th century CE (ceramic evidence) - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#036 Cham Qal'a)

13. Date-late

[missing data]

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

[missing data]

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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