Loebanar [monastery?], (near) Mingoara, NWF Province, PK

Raw data

"[A]t Loebanrh, on the west side [of the Jambil Kwarh river], are an Aryan graveyard from the 2nd to 1st Millennia BC and a 3rd to 4th century AD stupa."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saidu_Sharif

Loebanar, Pakistan Page
World:Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province
Lat 34.7458 Long 72.3942
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Loebanar.html

Input by: tmciolek, 30 Nov 2010

Final data (and their sources)

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 Loebanar monastery, PK.
Lat 34.7458 Long 72.3942
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.

Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.7458+72.3942+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Loebanar%20monastery,%20PK)&ll=34.7458,72.3942&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

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Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

• Loebanar monastery - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Loebanar.html

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2. Monastery's modern country & province

• Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province

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3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

[missing data]

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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

• Approx., Lat 34.7458 Long 72.3942 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Loebanar.html

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5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

• The monastery is a part of the Swat Valley monastic cluster. The nearby monasteries are:
• Butkara monastery
• Masura monastery
• Mingora monastery
• Panr monastery

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

• Loebanar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Loebanar.html

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7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

[missing data]

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8. The settlement's coordinates

• Exactly, Lat 34.7458 Long 72.3942 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Loebanar.html

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9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

• Theravada - Litvinskii et al. (1996:168)

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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

[missing data]

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11. Date-early

• A 3rd to 4th century AD stupa - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saidu_Sharif

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12. Date-intermediate

[missing data]

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13. Date-late

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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

[missing data]

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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

• Archaeological

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16. Additional notes

[missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)

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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

[missing data]

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