Kūtāgārasālā monastery, (in) Basarh, Bihar, IN

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.

Location of Kutagarasala monastery, India.

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:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=25.98333333+85.13333333+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Kutagarasala%20monastery,%20IN)&ll=25.98333333,85.13333333&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en


Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name


2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • India:State of Bihar

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

  • Kūtāgārasālā

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates


5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries


6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village


7. The settlement's alternative/historical names


8. The settlement's coordinates


9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

  • [Theravada?]

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

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11. Date-early

MBM chrono-tag <=0200 - tmciolek 13 Sep 2013
<=0200 dated-e


12. Date-intermediate

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13. Date-late

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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

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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

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