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Kanauj is a very old Buddhist site. Xuanzang found 100 monasteries with 10,000 monks and a variety of practices when he visited in August, 636 AD. Kanauj is still a town in U.P. Fa-Hien arrived in 405 CE and spent time in a monastery there. At that time there were two monasteries, both practicing Hinayana.
See Fa-Hsien, A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms, (trans.) James Legge (New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corp., reprint of 1886 edition, 1965) p. 54.
Src: IN
Input by: SG Jan 22 2009
[called] Kangora or Kanogiza by the geographer, Ptolemy (C.140 A.D.).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanauj
Kannauj, India Page
Other names: Kanauj
World:India:State of Uttar Pradesh
Lat: 27.0667 Long: 79.9167
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Kannauj.html
Input by: tmciolek Feb 24 2009
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 Kanauj monastic cluster, India.
lat=27.0667 long=79.9167
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Kanauj monastic cluster
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Uttar Pradesh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat: 27.0667 Long: 79.9167 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Kannauj.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
- Kanauj http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Kannauj.html
- Kangora - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanauj
- Kanogiza - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanauj
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly Lat: 27.0667 Long: 79.9167 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Kannauj.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Hinayana early
- Hinayana and Mahayana later
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- 405 CE
12. Date-intermediate
- 636 AD (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
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 accounts
16. Additional notes
- 636 AD - 100 monasteries and 10,000 monks (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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