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Swat Valley
One of the many Aryans graveyards that have been excavated in Swat is Samlai, at the foot of the north side of Damkot Hill. The graveyard is still used by the villagers of Chakdara. […]
Damkot Hill was then abandoned until the Buddhist community resettled it at the beginning of the 1st century AD. The excavated remains of their stupa and monastery can be seen just below the top of the hill on the south side. The community came to a catastrophic end in the late 5th century.
http://www.khyber.org/pashtoplaces/malakand.shtml
Chakdara, Pakistan Page
Other names: Chakdarra,Chakdarra Fort
World:Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province
Lat 34.6572 Long 72.0353
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Chakdara.html
Not to be confused with: Chakdarra, Pakistan Page
Other names: Chakdara,Chakdarra Fort
World:Pakistan:Punjab
Lat 34.6500 Long 72.0333
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Chakdarra.html
Input by: tmciolek, May 22, 2009; tmciolek, Nov 25, 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.
General location of the Damkot Hill monastery, PK.
Lat 34.6572 Long 72.0353
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Damkot Hill monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.6572 Long 72.0353 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Chakdara.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- The nearby Chat Pat monastery.
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Chakdarra - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Chakdara.html
- Chakdarra Fort - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Chakdara.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 34.6500 Long 72.0333 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Chakdarra.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Theravada - Litvinskii et al. (1996:168)
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
- late 400s AD - http://www.khyber.org/pashtoplaces/malakand.shtml
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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