Raw data
Xuanzang stayed at this site between March and August, 636 AD. He found a total of 13 monasteries in the area with about 800 monks. The place description is not satisfactory. The author, Ahir, says that the site is "a small town between the Ganges and the Ramganga River in U.P."
Src: IN
Input by: SG Jan 22 2009
Matipura (= Mandawar, Bijnor district) (Tripathi 1987:298)
Mandawar, India Page
Other names: Mandāwar
World:India:State of Uttar Pradesh
Lat 29.5000
Long 78.1333
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Mandawar.html
Input by: tmciolek, March 3 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 20 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Mandawar monastic cluster, IN.
Lat 29.5000 Long 78.1300
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Mandawar monastic cluster
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Uttar Pradesh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 29.5000 Long 78.1300 (based on Lat 29.5000 Long 78.1333 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Mandawar.html)
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Matipura monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly Lat 29.5000 Long 78.1333 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Mandawar.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
- 636 AD (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
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
- pilgrim account
16. Additional notes
- In 636 AD - a total 13 monasteries with approx. 800 monks (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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