Kapisa monastic cluster, (towards) Bagram, Velayat-e Parvan, AF

Raw data

"Kapisa","Bagram","current settlement","AF", […] (Ciolek 1999)
Input by: tmciolek, Feb 27 2009

Bagram, Afghanistan Page
Other names: Begram,Bagrām,Bagrami
World:Afghanistan:Velayat-e Parvan
Latitude 34.9661 Longitude 69.2547
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/00/Bagram.html
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 4, 2009

"[T]he Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang made a pilgrimage to Kapisi, and described there the cultivation of rice and wheat, and a king of the Suli tribe. In his chronicle, he relates that in Kapisi were over 6,000 monks of […] the Mahayana school of Buddhism."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kapisi

Hsüan-tsang wrote that in Kapisa [in 630s] the majority followed the Mahayana school and that there were also learned monks of the Sarvastivadin and Mahisasana schools." - Melikian-Chirvani (n.d.)

"In the Kabul-Kapisa area, a series of monasteries with s flourished in the 1st-3rd centuries CE and were decorated with sculptures analogous to those of Hadda (sites include Sotorak, Qal'a-ye Nader, Top Dara, and Paitava" - Melikian-Chirvani (n.d.)

Final data (and their sources)

The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 20 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of Kapisa monastic cluster, AF.

General location of the Kapisa monastic cluster, AF.
lat=34.9661 long=69.2547
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.9661+69.2547+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Kapisa%20monastic%20cluster,%20AF)&ll=34.9661,69.2547&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

  • Kapisa monastic cluster - Eitel (1888:40)

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • Afghanistan:Velayat-e Parvan

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

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

  • Kapisa "seemed to also follow Mahayana Buddhism, from the evidence of their paintings and sculptures." - Anonymous (1997).

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

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11. Date-early

  • 1st-3rd centuries CE - Melikian-Chirvani (n.d.)

12. Date-intermediate

13. Date-late

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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

  • The Kapisa cluster monasteries were decorated with sculptures analogous to those of Hadda cluster (sites include Sotorak, Qal'a-ye Nader, Top Dara, and Paitava" - Melikian-Chirvani (n.d.)

15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

16. Additional notes

17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

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