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Kalsi is a current-day village on the Jumna about 80 km. north from Delhi. I have not been able to locate it. Xuanzang observed in this immediate region five monasteries, all Hinayana, with a total of about 1000 monks. See O.C. Handa, Buddhist Art and Antiquities of Himachal Pradesh. Handa found much archaeological evidence of competing Hindu sects and no remaining evidence of Buddhism.
(New Delhi: Indus Publishing company, 1994) pp. 152-153.
Src: India
Input by: SG Jan 21 2009
Kalsi, India Page
Other names: Kālsī
World:India:Himachal Pradesh
Lat 30.5333 Long 77.8333
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Kalsi.html
If you are driving down from Dehradun towards the hill-station of Chakrata in the new state of Uttaranchal, as you get close to the hills you will pass a small village named Kalsi. There is a cluster of shops on the main road. Ask the shopkeepers where the "old rock" is, and they will give you directions. […] The Kalsi rock has on it a set of 14 edicts or inscriptions of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka who ruled from 269-232 B.C..
http://www.4to40.com/indian_travel_places/print.asp?placeid=54
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 3 2009
Chakrata, India Page
Other names: Chakr?ta
World:India:Himachal Pradesh
Lat 30.7000 Long 77.8500
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Chakrata.html
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 20 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Kalsi monastic cluster, India.
lat=30.5333 long=77.8333
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Kālsī monastic cluster http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Kalsi.html
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Uttarakhand
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. lat 30.5333 long 77.8333 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Kalsi.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly lat 30.7000 long 77.8500 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Chakrata.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Theravada (Src: India, Input by: SG Jan 21 2009)
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
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12. Date-intermediate
- 630 CE
13. Date-late
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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- pilgrimage account
16. Additional notes
- Xuanzang's times - five monasteries, with a total of about 1000 monks (Src: India, Input by: SG Jan 21 2009)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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