Raw data
"The location of Vaishali is at the following coordinates: Coordinates: 25.986595° N 85.125589° E.
Places of Interest in Vaisali:
Relic stupa which contains the relics of Lord Mahavira.
Kutagarasala Vihara is the monastery where Buddha most frequently stayed while visiting Vaishali."
[…]
http://www.indianetzone.com/4/vaisali.htm
"… the city of Vaiśālī (Basarh in north Bihār). …
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/575702/Susunaga
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 2, 2009
Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 7, page 94 — Imperial Gazetteer …
" situated in 25° 59 N. and 85° 8 E. Population (1901), 3,527. Basarh is identified with the capital of the ancient kingdom of Vaisali. …"
dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_100.gif
(i.e. lat 25.98333333, long 85.13333333)
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 13 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 Kutagarasala monastery, India.
lat=25.98333333 long=85.13333333
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Kutagarasala Vihara http://www.indianetzone.com/4/vaisali.htm
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Bihar
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Kūtāgārasālā
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 25.98333333 Long 85.13333333 - http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_100.gif
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Vaiśālī monastic cluster
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Bassahar (Eitel 1888:192-193)
- Vais’ali (Eitel 1888:192-193)
- Vaisali http://www.indianetzone.com/4/vaisali.htm
- Vaishali http://www.indianetzone.com/4/vaisali.htm
- Vesaliya (Eitel 1888:192-193)
- Videha (Eitel 1888:192-193)
- Wisala (Eitel 1888:192-193)
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 25.986595 Long 85.125589 - http://www.indianetzone.com/4/vaisali.htm
- Approx., Lat 25.98333333 Long 85.13333333 - http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_100.gif
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [Theravada?]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- A monastery established by Buddha - http://www.indianetzone.com/4/vaisali.htm
MBM chrono-tag <=0200 - tmciolek 13 Sep 2013
<=0200 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
- [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]
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