Raw data
Khiching ( lat. 21 degrees 56 minutes N. x long. 85 degrees 52 minutes E) in Orissa (now Odissa), India. The site has the remains of a rectilinear building whose structure, cells surrounding a courtyard, suggest Buddhist use. Excavation uncovered several Buddhist terracotta plaques, reinforcing this hypothesis. Other possible mounds could be monasteries. The site is Vajrayana and a central date of the 10th century is likely, with structures as late as the twelfth century.
Debala Mitra, Buddhist Monuments (Calcutta: M. Dutt Shishu Sahitya Samad, 1971), 233-34
Input by: Stewart Gordon 05 April 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 22 Jul 2015
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 Khiching monastery, IN.
Lat 21.925953 Long 85.831868
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Khiching monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India: State of Odisha
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 21.925953 Long 85.831868 - based on the location of an arbitrary point in the village of Kitching in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 22 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
- [missing data]
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 21.9272 Long 85.8334 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Khiching.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Vajrayana - Mitra 1971:233-234
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
12. Date-intermediate
- The site is Vajrayana and a central date of the 10th century is likely - Debala Mitra (1971:233-34)
MBM chrono-tag: 0933-66p - tmciolek 22 Jul 2015
MBM chrono-tag: 0933-66p 0967-99c 1000-32c 1033-66c 1067-99c 1100-32c 1133-66p dated-xl
13. Date-late
- The site has structures from as late as the twelfth century - Debala Mitra (1971:233-34)
MBM chrono-tag: 1133-66p - tmciolek 22 Jul 2015
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), 233-34
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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