Raw data
Charaka. A monastery in Kapisa [now Bagram, AF]. Src: Eitel (1888:40)
"Kapisa","Bagram","current settlement","AF", […] (Ciolek 1999)
Input by: tmciolek, Feb 27 2009
Bagram, Afghanistan Page
Other names: Begram,Bagrm,Bagrami
World:Afghanistan:Velayat-e Parvan
Latitude 34.9661 Longitude 69.2547
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Bagram.html
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 4, 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 04 Mar 2009
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 Charaka monastery, Afghanistan.
Lat 34.966667 Long 69.283333
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Charaka (Eitel 1888:40)
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Afghanistan:Velayat-e Parvan
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.966667 Long 69.283333 - adlgaz-1-1002949-69
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Kapisa monastic cluster
- Narasamgharama monastery
- Paitava monastery
- Shotorak monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Begram http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Bagram.html
- Bagrm http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Bagram.html
- Bagrami http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Bagram.html
- Kapisa (Eitel 1888:40)
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 34.966667 Long 69.283333 adlgaz-1-1002949-69
- Approx. Lat 34.9661 Long 69.2547 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Bagram.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
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
- [missing data]
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