Raw data
This site is in central Kathmandu and dates to the pre-1350 CE period. Today, only the shrine and the courtyard remain. There is a 7th century sculpture in the courtyard but there is no early textual documentation of the site. The sculpture of the site site suggests only Mahayana use.
See Kathmandu Valley: The Preservation of Physical Environment and Cultural Heritage, A Protective Inventory (Vienna: Anton Schroll & Co,1975), II, 17.
Src: Nepal
Input by: Stewart Gordon, Sep 19, 2009
Dhoka Baha in Kathmandu "vihara with important 7.cent votiv stupa [S. of Thamel, at the same latitude as the Rani Pohari artificial lake - tmc] - Gross (1999) [i.e. his website The Monuments of Kathmandu Valley - Plans and Tables of the Monuments of its Principal Towns and Sites.]
Input by: tmciolek, 20 Nov 2009.
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Dhoka Baha monastery, NP.
lat=27.7090 long=85.3117
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Dhoka Baha monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Nepal:Bagmati Zone
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Henakar Maha Vihar
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx - lat=27.7090 long=85.3117, est. from maps.google.com & a town-plan in Gross (1999) entitled "Architectural Monuments of Kathmandu." - tmciolek, 20 Nov 2009.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Itum Baha, also in Kathmandu.
- Swayambhu, also in Kathmandu.
- Tham Baha, also in Kathmandu.
- Tukan Baha, also in Kathmandu.
- The nearby monasteries of Patan, across the river.
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Kantipur - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Kathmandu.html
- Khatmandu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Kathmandu.html
- Kantipura - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Kathmandu.html
- Katmandu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Kathmandu.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly - Lat 27.7167 Long 85.3167 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Kathmandu.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- 7th Century
12. Date-intermediate
- 1350 CE
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
- Archaeological, art history.
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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