Raw data
"141. Kurrindar
Variant name: Burj Kafir
Kabul Province. In the Kuh-i Daman area, 33 kilometers north of Kabul. The site is just northeast of Tepe Skandar, 2.5 kilometers east of Sarai Khiuja.
Date: Kushano-Sassanian, 4th-5th century AD (stylistic evidence)
A stupa-monastery complex, with a well-preserved facade.
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Latitude 34.73333º N Longitude 69.13333º E"
DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#141 Kurrindar)
Input by: tmciolek, Aug 17, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 01 Sep 2013
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 Kurrindar monastery, AF.
Lat 34.73333 Longitude 69.13333
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Kurrindar Monastery - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#141 Kurrindar)
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Afghanistan:Velayat-e Kabol
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Burj Kafir - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#141 Kurrindar)
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.73333 Longitude 69.13333 - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#141 Kurrindar)
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Tepe Skandar monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Mir Bachcheh Kowt - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Mir_Bachcheh_Kowt.html
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Mīr Bacheh Kūt, Saray-Khwaja, Mir Bacheh Kowt, Mīrbača Kot, Mir Bachcheh Kut, Saraykhodzha, Sara-ye Khvajeh, Mir Dacha Kote, Sarāi Khwāja, Mirbaca Kot, Sarā-ye Khvājeh, Mīr Bachchen Kūt, Mīr Bacheh Kowt, Saray Khvajah, Sarāy Khvājah, Mir Bacheh Kut, Mirbachakot, Mir Bachchen Kut, Saṟāy-Khwāja, Mīr Bachcheh Kūt, Sarai Khwaja, Mīr Bachcheh Kowt - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Mir_Bachcheh_Kowt.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.7489 Long 69.1192 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/13/Mir_Bachcheh_Kowt.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- 4th-5th century CE (stylistic evidence) - DoDLRMP and CEMML (2010:#141 Kurrindar)
MBM chrono-tag 0300-32p 0333-66p 0367-99p 0400-32p 0433-66p 0467-99p - tmciolek 01 Sep 2013
0300-32p 0333-66p 0367-99p 0400-32p 0433-66p 0467-99p dated-e
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
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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