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This small monastery is located in the town of Patan, across the river from Kathmandu. It is quite plain but is one of the few viharas with an inscriptional date, 1248 CE.
See See Kathmandu Valley: The Preservation of Physical Environment and Cultural Heritage, A Protective Inventory (Vienna: Anton Schroll & Co,1975), II, 184.
Src: Nepal
Input by: Stewart Gordon, Sep 19, 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 Gustala Maha Vihar 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
- Gustala Maha Vihar 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
- Both in Patan and Kathmandu
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
- 1248 CE
13. Date-late
- Restored and rededicated in 1917 CE.
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
Inscription, archaeology
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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