Raw data
This site was discovered by Shreekant S. Jhadav in the 2009-2010 season. It is located N19 degrees 07 min. 756 feet x E 75 degrees 05min 175 feet, that is, about 6 kms from Shirapur village, 10 kms from Tisgaon and 25 kms from Pathardi in Ahmadnagar district. The site has an unfinished chaitya hall with octagonal columns, a few ceiling ribs and an unfinished stupa at the inner end. These stylistic features suggest a date of first or second century CE. About 100 meters to the west of the chaitya hall is a three-level residence for monks, nearly finished before it was abandoned.
See Annual Report (2009 - 2010), (eds. V.P. Bhatta, V.S. Shinde, Mrs. J.D. Sathe, Mrs. Sonal, Kulkarni-Joshi, M.D. Kajale) (Deccan College Post-Gradute and Research Institute, 2011) 75.
Input by: Stewart Gordon 17 Mar 2015
- Map showing rock-cut caves of Western India
- Map showing ancient trade routes of Western Maharashtra
- Article: "Relatively unknown Buddhist rock-cut caves in Garbhgiri hills (Dist.Ahmednagar)"
Shreekant Jadhav. Ancient Cave Architects: A study of Relatively unknown caves in the Garbhagiri Hills. Dept. of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune 411 006, India. http://www.tifr.res.in/~archaeo/FOP/FOP%20pdf%20of%20ppt/Shrikant%20Jadhav%20Ancient%20Caves.pdf
Input by: tmciolek 20 May 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 18 Jun 2015
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 Garbhagiri monastery, IN.
Lat 19.121081 Long 75.083280
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Garbhagiri monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India: Maharashtra
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Garbhagiri Hills monastery
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 19.121081 Long 75.083280 - based on visual identification of the apparently rock-cut site seen in satellite imagery, maps.google.com in the vicinity of coordinates given by the Annual Report below - tmciolek, 20 May 2015.
- N19 degrees 07 min. 756 feet x E 75 degrees 05min 175 feet (= approx. Lat 19.11666667 Long 75.08333333, the reference to instances in feet is not clear - tmciolek) - Annual Report (2009-2010) 2011:75.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- None
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 19.1884 Long 75.0677 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Tisgaon.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Theravada
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- First to Second Century CE (dating based on stylistical features of the chaitya hall and stupa)
- MBM chrono-tag <=0200 - tmciolek 18 Jun 2015
<=0200 dated-e
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
- This appears to be an site that was begun and abandoned. It may never have had a permanent monastic population.
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
18. Known monks and nuns associated with this monastery
19. Available Printed Literature
- Annual Report (2009 - 2010), (eds. V.P. Bhatta, V.S. Shinde, Mrs. J.D. Sathe, Mrs. Sonal, Kulkarni-Joshi, M.D. Kajale) (Deccan College Post-Gradute and Research Institute, 2011) 75.
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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