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Xuanzang visited this site in October, 635 AD. He found 3 monasteries with 700 monks, all Hinayana. The site is modern-day Bairat in Rajasthan.
Src: IN
Input by: SG Jan 22 2009
Bairat, India Page
Other names: Bairāt
World:India:State of Rajasthan
Latitude 27.4500 Longitude 76.1833
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Bairat.html
Input by: tmciolek Apr 16 2009
"On Bijak-ki-Pahari was the Buddhist monastery from where the [Ashoka's - tmciolek] rock edict known as Bairāt-Bhābru was recovered. As we know it is surmised that Bairat is the colloquial name of Pāriyātra, which is described as one of the seven sacred mountains of the Hindus […]" - Gupta (1999:248)
Input by: tmciolek Sep 16 2012
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.
General location of the Pariyatra monastery, IN.
lat=27.4500 long=76.1833
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Pariyatra monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Rajasthan
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 27.4500 Long 76.1833 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Bairat.html
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
- Approx., Lat 27.4500 Long 76.1833 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Bairat.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Theravada
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
12. Date-intermediate
- Active in 635 AD
MBM chrono-tag 0633-66c - tmciolek 6 Feb 2014
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
- pilgrimage account
16. Additional notes
- In 635 AD - 3 monasteries with 700 monks
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
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