Raw data
"Other notable monasteries of Pala period were […] Devikota (identified with ancient Kotivarsa, 'modern Bangarh') […]."
http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:5t0BxqG_YxAJ:banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/B_0644.htm
Buddhist Viharas in Bangladesh
Devikota (S of Dinajpur)
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/Maps/MB_0644.GIF
"Devkot […] (also known as Kotivarsha, Devikota, Devakota or Diw-kot) was an ancient city which was the administrative centre of Kotivarsha Vishaya (territorial division), itself part of the wider administrative unit of Pundravardhana Bhukti, which had Mahasthangarh as its capital[1] in the period of Chandras, Varmans and Senas. […] The ruins of the city are found in Bangarh village, about 45 km south of Balurghat town, in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal state in eastern India. […] There was a Buddhist monastery at Devikota."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devkot
Balurghat, India Page
Other names: Bālurghāt
World:India:State of West Bengal
Lat 25.2167 Long 88.7667
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Balurghat.html
"The district of Dakshin Dinajpur […] was a part of undivided Dinajpur district of erstwhile Bengal which was known as Pundra Vardhan Bhukti in ancient times. […] The eastern portion of Dinajpur was known as Panchanagari and Devakot was the capital, the ruins or which are still found in and around Bangarh in Gangarampur PS. […]"
http://www.ddinajpur.nic.in/Archaelogical_Assets/archaelogical_assets.html
"[T]he Archaeological Survey of India excavated ruins of an ancient civilization at Bangarh (03 kms north of Gangarampur) […]"
http://gmphs.org/profile.php
Gangarampur, India Page
Other names: Gangārāmpur
World:India:State of West Bengal
Lat 25.4000 Long 88.5167
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Gangarampur.html
Input by: tmciolek, Jul 16, 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 Devikota monastery, IN.
Lat 25.4200 Long 88.5390
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Devikota monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of West Bengal
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Kotivarsa monastery - http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:5t0BxqG_YxAJ:banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/B_0644.htm
- Kotivarsha monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devkot
- Devkot monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devkot
- Devakota monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devkot
- Diw-kot monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devkot
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx, Lat 25.4200 Long 88.5390 (est. 3 km N. from Lat 25.4000 Long 88.5167, i.e. Gangarampur coords, using
maps.google.com - tmc, 22 Jul 2010).
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Gangarampur - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Gangarampur.html
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Gangārāmpur - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Gangarampur.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 25.4000 Long 88.5167 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Gangarampur.html
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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