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Harwan (lat. 34 degress 11 min. E x long. 74 degrees 53 minutes N) is seven miles north-northeast of Srinagar. The site has only one remaining building, famous for its tiled courtyard displaying a variety of artistic motifs and styles. Fragments of terra-cotta figures of the Buddha and worshipers at one time littered the site. There is no direct evidence of a monastery but one can be presumed, given the size of the stupa and rituals required. Debala Mitra, Buddhist Monuments (Calcutta: M. Dutt Shishu Sahitya Samad, 1971), 111.
Input by: Stewart Gordon 05 Apr 2015
"John Siudmak’s piece on religious architecture, which seems to summarize what we know about the site:
The earliest surviving Buddhist site is at Harwan, near the Mughal Shalimar Gardens, probably dating from the fifth century and of Hephthalite patronage, and mostly known for its terra-cotta tiles impressed with figural and floral designs used to decorate a large circular terrace on the hillside, which was destroyed by an earthquake."
https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cqtwo/2008/02/09/mysteries-of-the-east-2-the-enigma-of-harwan/
Input: tmciolek, 21 May 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 21 May 2015
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.
General location of the Harwan monastery, IN.
Lat 34.153959 Long 74.898406
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Harwan monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India: Jammu and Kashmir
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 34.153959 Long 74.898406 - based on visual identification of the Harwan Buddhist Ruins site in satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 21 May 2015.
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
- Srīnagar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Srinagar.html
- Suryanagar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Srinagar.html
- Srinigar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Srinagar.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.0833 Long 74.8167 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Srinagar.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
12. Date-intermediate
- Site probably dates from the fifth century and of Hephthalite patronage, was destroyed by an earthquake."
https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cqtwo/2008/02/09/mysteries-of-the-east-2-the-enigma-of-harwan/
MBM chrono-tag 0533-66p - tmciolek 3 Jul 2015
MBM chrono-tag 0500-32p 0533-66p 0567-99p dated-x - tmciolek 3 Jul 2015
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
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]
18. Known monks and nuns associated with this monastery
19. Available Printed Literature
- Debala Mitra, Buddhist Monuments (Calcutta: M. Dutt Shishu Sahitya Samad, 1971), 111
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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