Raw data
"Turfan/Gaochang: Turfan is an oasis city surrounded by mountains.
It flourished as a center of Buddhism in East Turkistan until
the fourteenth century. […] In the outskirts of the city, in Bezeklik, Toyoq, and
Murtuq, many cave temples with wall paintings were constructed." (Kudara 2002a:100)
Gaochang - Lat 42.852778, Long 89.529167 - http://toolserver.org/~geohack/
"Gaochang (Chinese: 高昌; pinyin: Gāochāng) is the site of an ancient oasis city built on the northern rim of the inhospitable Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China. A busy trading center, it was a stopping point for merchant traders traveling on the Silk Road. The ruins are located 30 km southeast of modern Turpan.[1]
[…]
The Buddhist stupa of Gaochang ruins.
[…]
Gaochang (Pronounced and written as Qara-hoja (قئارئاهوجئا) in Uyghur) is located in present-day Xinjiang Province, 30km from Turpan. The site is also known in early published reports as Chotscho, Khocho, or Qočo."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaochang
Input by: tmciolek, Dec 14, 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 Gaochang [monastery?], CN.
Lat 42.852778, Long 89.529167
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Gaochang [monastery?] [the presence of monastery could be postulated from the presence of the stupa]
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Gaochang (Chinese: 高昌; pinyin: Gāochāng) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaochang
- Qara-hoja (قئارئاهوجئا) in Uyghur) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaochang
- Chotscho - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaochang
- Khocho - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaochang
- Qočo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaochang
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 42.852778, Long 89.529167 - http://toolserver.org/~geohack/
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
[missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Hui-yü-ch’eng - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Hui-wang-ch’eng - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Lükqün - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Hui-yu-ch'eng - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Lu-k’o-ch’in - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Hui-wang-ch'eng - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Lukchun - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Lukchin - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Lu-k'o-ch'in - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Лүкчүн - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
- Lükchün - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 42.7333 Long 89.7000 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Lukqun.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
[missing data]
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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