Har Buhyn Balgas [monastery?], (near) Dashinchilen/Suuj, Bulgan Aymag, MN

Raw data

“Eagle's Nest in Stupa at Har Buhyn Balgas, a Khitan City (911 AD -1125 AD). The Khitan were the first Mongol tribe to building in stone, so the earliest surviving buildings (as opposed to mounds) are Khidan. […] GPS Latitude 47 deg 53' 25.37" N GPS Longitude 103 deg 53' 54.94" E […] City Dashinchilen; Sub-location Dashinchilen, Mongolia; Province- State Bulgan [a 2011 photo by 2011 James A. Glazier and James A. Ferguson]“ - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag_jaf_travel/6043107024/meta/

[a photo of] “The ruin of Khara Buhyn Balgas in Dashinchilen, Bulgan Province.” - http://www.touristinfocenter.mn/en/greeting.aspx

“Char Buch Balgas [stupa] 47° 53' 23.20" N  103° 53' 53.11" E “ - http://www.panoramio.com/photo/40473031

Input by: tmciolek, May 02, 2013

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 27 Nov 2013

Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of Har Buhyn Balgas monastery?, MN.

General location of the Har Buhyn Balgas monastery?, MN.
Lat 47.8893 Long 103.8988
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2013.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=47.8893+103.8988+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Har%20Buhyn%20Balgas%20monastery?,%20MN)&ll=47.8893,103.8988&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

  • Har Buhyn Balgas [monastery?]

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • Mongolia:Bulgan Aymag

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

  • Approx. Lat 47.8893 Long 103.8988 - based on visual identification of the Har Buhyn Balgas stupa in satellite imagery and Flickr & Panoramio photographs [www.flickr.com/photos/jag_jaf_travel/6043107024/; www.panoramio.com/photo/40473031], maps.google.com - tmciolek, 02 May 2013.

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

8. The settlement's coordinates

9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

  • Mahayana?; Vajrayana?

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

  • [missing data]

11. Date-early

  • MBM chrono-tag 0900-32p - tmciolek 02 May 2013
  • 0900-32p 0933-66p 0967-99p 1000-32p 1033-66p 1067-99p 1100-32p dated-el

12. Date-intermediate

  • [missing data]

13. Date-late

  • MBM chrono-tag 1100-32p - tmciolek 02 May 2013

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]

18. Known monks and nuns associated with this monastery

19. Available Printed Literature

  • [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 1]
  • [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
  • [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]

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