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)
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
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical 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 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Karakax.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 37.2608 Long 79.7336 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/13/Karakax.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- archaeological
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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