Panr monastery, (near) Mingaora, NWF Province, PK

Raw data

"Jambil Valley
At Panrh (or Pahn) on the east side of the Jambil Khwarh [river] are a stupa and a monastery from the 1st to 5th centuries Ad. There is allegedly a path and a bridge about 1.5 km beyond Butkara [stupa] number 3, or go three km out Haji Baba road from Mingora bazaar. Further out at Loebanrh, on the west side, 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

Panr, Pakistan Page
Other names: Pānr
World:Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province
Lat 34.7636 Long 72.3783
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Panr.html

Input by: tmciolek, Nov 29, 2010

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 06 Feb 2014

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 Panr monastery, PK.

General location of the Panr monastery, PK.
Lat 34.7636 Long 72.3783
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.7636+72.3783+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Panr%20monastery,%20PK)&ll=34.7636,72.3783&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en


Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

  • Panr monastery

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names


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 - Litvinskii et al. (1996:168)

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

  • [missing data]

11. Date-early

MBM chrono-tag <=0200 - tmciolek 6 Feb 2014
<=0200 0200-32c 0233-66c 0267-99c 0300-32c 0333-66c 0367-99c 0400-32p 0433-66p 0467-99p dated-el


12. Date-intermediate


13. Date-late

MBM chrono-tag 0400-32p 0433-66p 0467-99p - tmciolek 6 Feb 2014


14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

  • [missing data]

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

  • [missing data]

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