Raw data
Peshawar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Peshawar.html
Other names: Peshāwar,Ppeshawar
World:Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province
Lat 34.0078 Long 71.5733
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Peshawar.html
Decimal degrees: 34.0126N, 71.5698 E;
Modern Name: Peshwar, Ancient Name: Purushapura
'OpenAtlas Site Information: Purushapura', ArchAtlas, February 2010, Edition 4, http://www.archatlas.org/openatlas/oashow.php?s=114, Accessed: 23 March 2010
Kanishka vihara at Peshawar (Litvinskii et al. 1996:166)
Kanishka vihara at Purushapura, visited by Huei-ch'ao in 726. (Litvinskii et al. 1996:118)
Fa-hsien visited Peshawar (called by by him Fu-lou-sha) where he found a Kanishka's vihara with 700 monks, and the great stupa. (Litvinskii et al. 1996:168)
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 24, 2010
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 Purushapura monastery, PK.
Lat 34.0078 Long 71.5733
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Purushapura monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Kanishka vihara at Peshawar (Litvinskii et al. 1996:166)
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.0078 Long 71.5733 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Peshawar.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Peshwar - http://www.archatlas.org/openatlas/oashow.php?s=114
- Purushapura - http://www.archatlas.org/openatlas/oashow.php?s=114
- Peshāwar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Peshawar.html
- Ppeshawar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Peshawar.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
Exactly, Lat 34.0078 Long 71.5733 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Peshawar.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- Monastery built in the 1st c. AD, possibly by Kanishka - Fa-Hien (2009:38-39)
12. Date-intermediate
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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
- 700 monks at the time of Fa-hien's travels - Fa-Hien (2009:39)
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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