Raw data
"Guldara Stupa, 4th c. or earlier […]
Moissec Valley, near Guldara (15 mi. East of Kabul)"
http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/cities/afghanistan/afghanistan.html
"The Buddhist stupa at Guldara dates from the fourth century A.D. and was a solid mass of rough stone and mud with a small chamber constructed to house the reliquary."
http://globalphotographer.wordpress.com/afghanistan/afghanistan-2004/historic-sites/12guldarastupafull-490/
"Guldara (also Gūḏāra, Gudara, or Gowdārah) is a village and the center of Guldara District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guldara
"080. Guldarra
Alternate name: Musa-i Logar
Kabul Province. In the Musa-i Logar Valley, 22 kilometers southeast of Kabul.
Date: Early Sassanian, 3rd-4th century AD
(architectural, numismatic, stylistic evidence)
A large stupa-monastery complex, probably the best preserved in Afghanistan. The main stupa consists of a dome and two drums resting on a high, square platform with a staircase to the southwest, in turn resting on a lower square platform. Construction is of diaper masonry throughout. The high platform and both of the drums are decorated in friezes of blind arches and "Indo-Corinthian" pilasters. Behind the stupa is a fortified monastery. It is of mud-brick construction on a stone foundation, and consists of a central courtyard surrounded by cells. To the south of the complex is a small stupa, almost a replica of the larger one, apart from the staircase.[…]
Latitude 34.39233º N 69.2788º E"
DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#080 Guldarra)
Kheyrabad, Afghanistan Page
Other names: Khairabad,Khayrabad,Kheyrābād,Khairābād,Khayṟābāḏ
World:Afghanistan:Velayat-e Kabol
Lat 34.4178 Long 69.1728
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Kheyrabad.html
Input by: tmciolek, Jul 16, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 07 Apr 2013
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 Guldara monastery, AF.
Lat 34.39233 Long 69.2788
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Guldara monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Afghanistan:Velayat-e Kabol
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Guldarra monastery - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#080 Guldarra)
- Musa-i Logar monastery - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#080 Guldarra)
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.39233 Long 69.2788 - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#080 Guldarra)
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
- Khairabad - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Kheyrabad.html
- Khayrabad - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Kheyrabad.html
- Kheyrābād - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Kheyrabad.html
- Khairābād - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Kheyrabad.html
- Khayṟābāḏ - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Kheyrabad.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.4178 Long 69.1728 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Kheyrabad.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- 3rd c. AD - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#080 Guldarra)
- MBM chrono-tag 0200-32p 0233-66p 0267-99p - tmciolek 07 Apr 2013
- 0200-32p 0233-66p 0267-99p 0300-32p 0333-66p 0367-99p dated-ex
12. Date-intermediate
- MBM chrono-tag 0300-32p 0333-66p 0367-99p - tmciolek 07 Apr 2013
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]
end of page
