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This monastery was in what is today North Kanara in Karnatika, immediately southeast of Goa. The site is known from a single chance find of a coper plate grant. The grant records an endowment to a Buddhist monastery by the Bhoja king, Asankita of Goa in the 6th century. There is much incidental evidence of Buddhism in the Goa region right up to the 10-11th centuries. Statues and a few remains of stupas have turned up. See H. Heras, " A newly discovered image of the Buddha near Goa", Bernard Anderson and John Correi-Afonse (eds.), Indological studies (Bombay: S.J. Heras Institute of History and Culture, 1990) pp 63-78.
Src: IN
Input by: SG January 25 2009
"Hiregutti is a village near Gokarna, India. […]
This is article related to a location in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiregutti
Input by: tmciolek Apr 23 2013
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 15 Sep 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 Hiregutti monastery, IN.
Lat 14.5624 Long 74.3881
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Hiregutti monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Karnataka
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 14.5624 Long 74.3881 - based on visual identification of the Hiregutti village in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 23 Apr 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
- [missing data]
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 14.5500 Long 74.3167 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Gokarn.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- The grant records an endowment to a Buddhist monastery by the Bhoja king, Asankita of Goa in the 6th century. - Input by: SG January 25 2009
- MBM chrono-tag: 0500-32p 0533-66c 0567-99p - tmciolek 15 Sep 2013
- 0500-32p 0533-66c 0567-99p dated-e
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- Epigraphical, 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]
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