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 [2003], 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)
Input by: tmciolek, March 03 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 03 Oct 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 Matipura monastery, India.
lat=29.5000 long=78.1333
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Matipura monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Uttar Pradesh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Visākhā monastery (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 29.5000 Long 78.1333 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Mandawar.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Mandawar monastic cluster
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 29.5000 Long 78.1333 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Mandawar.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
12. Date-intermediate
- In 636 AD visited by Xuanzang (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
MBM chrono-tag: 0600-32p 0633-66c 0667-99p - tmciolek 03 Oct 2013
0600-32p 0633-66c 0667-99p dated-x
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- pilgrim account
16. Additional notes
- At the time of Xuanzang (636 AD) - a total of 13 monasteries in the area with about 800 monks.
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
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