Raw data
The site is located "3 kms south-west of the town of Kasia in district Deoria, (U.P.). Here the Buddha died. It received relics after his cremation and there was likely a monastery built there soon after. Ashoka erected a pillar there in 250 BCE. Both Fa hien (406 CE) and Xuanzang (637 CE record monasteries on the site. Donative inscriptions show the site was active until the 12th century. The site has been re-occupied and somewhat restored by Buddhist monks in the 20th century.
See See D.C. Ahir, Buddhist Sites and Shrines in India: History, Art and Architecture (Delhi: Inian Books Centre, 2003) p.267-271.
Src: IN
Input by: SG, Apr 6, 2009
Kushinagar, Kusinagar or Kusinara (26.45 N,83.24E) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kushinagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Gautama Buddha died.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushinagar (I am positive that these Wikipedia's coordinates are INCORRECT - tmc, 14 May 2009)
Kasia, India Page
World:India:State of Uttar Pradesh
Lat 26.7456 Long 83.9197
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Kasia.html
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Kushinara monastery, IN.
Lat 26.7400 Long 83.8910
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Kushinara monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Uttar Pradesh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Kushinagar monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushinagar
- Kusinagar monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushinagar
- Kusinara monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushinagar
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 26.7400 Long 83.8910 - based on visual indentification of the town Kushinagara in maps.google.com - tmc, 18 Jun 2010.
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
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8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 26.7456 Long 83.9197 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Kasia.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
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12. Date-intermediate
- 637 AD - Ahir (2003:267-271)
13. Date-late
- 1100s AD - Ahir (2003:267-271)
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- pilgrimage account, archaeological
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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