Raw data
Guita Bahal, near Patan = vihara w/2 stupas ascribed to Ashoka 622 outside city, import Kumari sanct. (4. cent)" - 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 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Guita Bahal monastery, NP.
Lat 27.6667 Long 85.3333
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Guita Bahal monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Nepal:Bagmati Zone
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx - Lat 27.6667 Long 85.3333 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Pathan monastic cluster
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Yala - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html
- Lalitapura - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html
- Pātan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html
- Lalitpur - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly - Lat 27.6667 Long 85.3333 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NP/0/Patan.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana?
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
- Archaeological, art history.
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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