Raw data
"Kumulabate (Kumlabat) Monastery (7th to 10th centuries) 库木拉巴特遗址: Moyu County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region"
http://www.library.yale.edu/digitalcollections/yalesilkroad/seminar2006.html
Input by: tmciolek, Jan 5, 2011
"The Karakax (Qaraqash) County (Chinese: 墨玉县, Pinyin: Mòyù Xiàn; Uyghur: قاراقاش ناھىيىسى, ULY: Qaraqash Nahiyisi, UPNY: K̡arak̡ax Nah̡iyisi?)[1] is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. It contains an area of 25,667 km2."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakash_County
Karakax, China Page
Other names: Ha-la-k’a-shih,Mo-yu-chen,Ha-la-k'a-shih,Moyu,Ha-la-k'o-shih,Kara-kasch,K̩arak̩ax,Qaraqash,K'a-la-k'a-shih,Ha-la-k’o-shih,K'o-la-k'o-shih,Mo-yu-hsien,Mo-yü-hsien,K’o-la-k’o-shih,Kara kash,Halahashih,Qara Qash,Қарақаш,Qarakash,قاراقاش,K’a-la-k’a-shih,Mo-yü-chen
World:China:Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Latitude 37.2608 Longitude 79.7336 Altitude (feet) 4324
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Karakax.html
"The oasis of Hotan, the largest of these, includes Karakax (Moyu), to the northwest, and Luopu (Lop), to the east. The oasis is watered by the Karakax (Kalakashi) and Yurungkax (Yulongkashi) rivers, which flow from the high Kunlun Mountains to the south."
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/316923/Hotan
Input by: tmciolek, May 2, 2011
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 03 Sep 2013
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 Kumulabate monastery, CN.
Lat 37.283333 Long 79.7
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Kumulabate Monastery - http://www.library.yale.edu/digitalcollections/yalesilkroad/seminar2006.html
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Kumlabat Monastery - http://www.library.yale.edu/digitalcollections/yalesilkroad/seminar2006.html
- Kumu Rabat 库木拉巴特遗址 - http://www.library.yale.edu/digitalcollections/yalesilkroad/seminar2006.html
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 37.283333 Long 79.7 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakash_County
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
- Ha-la-k’a-shih - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Karakax.html (and the lines below)
- Mo-yu-chen
- Ha-la-k'a-shih
- Moyu
- Ha-la-k'o-shih
- Kara-kasch
- K̩arak̩ax
- Qaraqash
- K'a-la-k'a-shih
- Ha-la-k’o-shih
- K'o-la-k'o-shih
- Mo-yu-hsien
- Mo-yü-hsien
- K’o-la-k’o-shih
- Kara kash
- Halahashih
- Qara Qash
- Қарақаш
- Qarakash
- قاراقاش
- K’a-la-k’a-shih
- Mo-yü-chen - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Karakax.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 37.2608 Long 79.7336 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Karakax.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
MBM chrono-tag 0600-32p 0633-66p 0667-99p - tmciolek 08 Sep 2013
0600-32p 0633-66p 0667-99p 0700-32c 0733-66c 0767-99c 0800-32c 0833-66c 0867-99c 0900-32p 0933-66p 0967-99p dated-el
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
MBM chrono-tag 0900-32p 0933-66p 0967-99p - tmciolek 08 Sep 2013
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- 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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