Gustala Maha Vihar monastery, (in) Patan, Bagmati Zone, NP

Raw data

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)

Last updated: 12 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.

Location of Gustala Maha Vihar monastery, NP.

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:

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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

  • [missing data]

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates


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


8. The settlement's coordinates


9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

  • Mahayana

9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

  • [missing data]

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

  • [missing data]

11. Date-early

  • circa 3rd or 2nd c. AD - Huntington & Chandrasekhar (2000:56)
  • MBM chrono-tag <=0200 - tmciolek 12 Apr 2013
  • <=0200 0200-32c 0233-66c 0267-99c 0300-32c 0333-66c 0367-99c 0400-32c 0433-66c 0467-99c 0500-32c 0533-66c 0567-99c 0600-32c 0633-66c 0667-99c 0700-32c 0733-66c 0767-99c 0800-32c 0833-66c 0867-99c 0900-32c 0933-66c 0967-99c 1000-32c 1033-66c 1067-99c 1100-32c 1133-66c 1167-99c 1200=> dated-ex

12. Date-intermediate

  • 1248 CE - an inscription in the temple
  • MBM chrono-tag 1200=> - tmciolek 12 Apr 2013

13. Date-late

  • Restored and rededicated in 1917 CE.

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

  • [missing data]

15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

  • [missing data]

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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