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"Site bouddhique situé en Afghanistan, le monastère de Fondukistan, signalé dès 1836, a été fouillé en 1937 par Jean Carel, membre de la délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (Mémoires D.A.F.A., t. VIII, 1959). À la lumière des découvertes faites à partir des années 1960, Fondukistan est devenu un site de référence : il illustre un style particulier qui semble exprimer une tendance esthétique générale aux VIIe et VIIIe siècles en Asie centrale (de l'actuel Afghanistan au Xinjiang). L'ordonnance du monastère est classique : une cour carrée délimitée par une enceinte à la face interne de laquelle étaient adossées douze chapelles, trois par côté ; au centre de la cour, un stūpa. Les peintures murales et les rondes-bosses en terre crue polychrome caractérisent ce style : silhouettes élancées au buste allongé qui dénotent un certain maniérisme."
http://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/monastere-de-fondukistan/
"Fundukistan monastery in the Ghorband Valley, Afghanistan, around 600 CE"
http://www.lessing-photo.com/dispimg.asp?i=05010530+&cr=82&cl=1
"067. Fonduquistan
Variant name: Fondukistan
Parwan Province. On a hill in the Ghurband Valley five kilometers south of Siahgird.
Date: Turki Shahi/Hindu Shahi period, mid-late 7th century AD (numismatic, stylistic evidence)
A Buddhist monastery complex situated at the top of a steeply raked hill. The summit consists of a courtyard surrounded by niches decorated with elaborate painted clay sculptures and frescos. Of particular importance is Niche E, which contained large numbers of sculptures and a hoard of Arabo-Sassanian coins. Construction is of mud-brick and pakhsa."
Latitude […] 34.96667 Longitude […] 68.88333"
- DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#067 Fonduquistan)
Siah Gerd, Afghanistan Page
Other names: Syāhgerd,Syahgerd,Siakhgird,Sīāh Gerd,Siah Gird,Siāh Gird
World:Afghanistan:Velayat-e Parvan
Lat 35.0039 Long 68.8617
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Siah_Gerd.html
Input by: tmciolek, Jul 7, 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 Fonduquistan monastery, AF.
Lat 34.96667 Long 68.88333
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Fonduquistan monastery - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#067 Fonduquistan)
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Afghanistan:Velayat-e Parvan
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Fondukistan monastery - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#067 Fonduquistan)
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.96667 Long 68.88333 - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#067 Fonduquistan)
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Syāhgerd - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Siah_Gerd.html
- Syahgerd - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Siah_Gerd.html
- Siakhgird - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Siah_Gerd.html
- Sīāh Gerd - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Siah_Gerd.html
- Siah Gird - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Siah_Gerd.html
- Siāh Gird - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Siah_Gerd.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 35.0039 Long 68.8617 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Siah_Gerd.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Fondukistan "seemed to also follow Mahayana Buddhism, from the evidence of their paintings and sculptures." - Anonymous (1997).
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- Turki Shahi/Hindu Shahi period, mid-late 7th century AD - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#067 Fonduquistan)
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
- archaeological
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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