Raw data
Lalchak monastery, (near) Taxila, Punjab, PK
"Plans and Sections of Monastery and Stupas. (Drawings)" - http://www.printsasia.com/book/Plates-John-Marshall
Serial ID number 139-012
Name & Location Lalchak and Badalpur Buddhist stuppa
Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates [missing]
Area 0 Ha
Date Inscribed 1980
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139/multiple=1&unique_number=153
"Marshall, Taxila, plate 113 (Photos.) Photos include the larger stupa at Lalchak from the north-east, the interior of Lalchak monastery from the south-east and a view of the site of Bhamala before excavation."
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1416339&partid=1&output=Terms%2F!!%2FOR%2F!!%2F17047%2F!%2F%2F!%2Farchitecture%2F!%2F%2F!!%2F%2F!!!%2F&orig=%2Fresearch%2Fsearch_the_collection_database%2Fadvanced_search.aspx¤tPage=2&numpages=10
"Lālchak/Lalchak, Punjab, Pakistan
Latitude. 33.7827778°, Longitude. 72.8458333°
Ancient Site;
a place where archeological remains, old structures, or cultural artifacts are located."
http://travelingluck.com/Asia/Pakistan/Punjab/_1339214_Lālchak.html
Input by: tmciolek, July 26, 2012
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 2km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Lalchak monastery, PK.
Lat 33.7827, Long 72.8458
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2012.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Lalchak monastery - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139/multiple=1&unique_number=153
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Pakistan: Punjab
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Lālchak monastery - http://travelingluck.com/Asia/Pakistan/Punjab/_1339214_Lālchak.html
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. coordinates for Lalchak, "a place where archeological remains, old structures, or cultural artifacts are located" are Lat 33.7827, Long 72.8458 - http://travelingluck.com/Asia/Pakistan/Punjab/_1339214_Lālchak.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- The monastery is a part of the Taxila monastic cluster
- Other monasteries from the Taxila cluster include:
- Badalpur monastery
- Bhallar monastery
- Bhamala-1 monastery
- Bhamala-2 monastery
- Chhema monastery
- Dharmarajika monastery
- Ghai monastery
- Giri-1 monastery
- Giri-2 monastery
- Jaulian monastery
- Jinan Wali Dheri monastery
- Kalawan monastery
- Karmala monastery
- Kunala monastery
- Mohra Moradu monastery
- Pippala monastery
6. Ancient name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- TAXILA
- Close to the modern city of Wah - Lat 33.7983 Long 72.6956 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Wah.html
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Takṣaśilā - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxila
- Takshaçila (Prince of the Serpent Tribe) (Sanskrit) - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139
- Takkasilâ (Pali) - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139
- Taxila (Greek) - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139
- Taxilla (Roman Latin) - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139
- Chu-ch'a-shi-lo (Chinese) - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139
- Sirkap (Severed Head) - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139
- Sirkup - http://maps.google.com/
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Taxila Ruins of Sirkup, approx., Lat 33.755 Long 72.829 - based on the visual identification of the site in maps, http://maps.google.com/ - tmciolek, 13 Jul 2012.
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
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, architectural
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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