Puskaravati monastery, (in) Charsadda, NWF Province, PK

Raw data

Sometime during the Kushan period, a monk named Sutralanka, of Puskaravati (= Charsadda, near Peshawar, PK) travelled to Sash vihara to decorate it. - Foltz (1999:46-47)

Charsadda, Pakistan Page
Other names: Chārsadda
World:Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province
Lat 34.1453 Long 71.7308
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/3/Charsadda.html

Input by: tmciolek, Apr 25, 2009

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 08 Jul 2014

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.

Location of Puskaravati monastery, PK.

General location of the Puskaravati monastery, PK.
lat=34.1453 long=71.7308
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.

Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.1453+71.7308+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Puskaravati%20monastery,%20PK)&ll=34.1453,71.7308&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

Puskaravati monastery - Foltz (1999:46-47)

2. Monastery's modern country & province

Pakistan:North-West Frontier Province

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

[missing data]

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

Approx., Lat 34.1453 Long 71.7308 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/3/Charsadda.html

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

[missing data]

6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village

Charsadda - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/3/Charsadda.html

7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

Chārsadda - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/3/Charsadda.html
Puskaravati - Foltz (1999:46-47)

8. The settlement's coordinates

Approx., Lat 34.1453 Long 71.7308 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/3/Charsadda.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

Sometime during the Kushan period [30 CE till 375 CE - tmc], a monk named Sutralanka, of Puskaravati monastery travelled to Sash vihara to decorate it. - Foltz (1999:46-47)

MBM chrono-tag 0200-32p - tmciolek 08 Jul 2014
0200-32p dated-x

13. Date-late

[missing data]

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

Sometime during the Kushan period [30 CE till 375 CE tmc], a monk named Sutralanka, of Puskaravati monastery travelled to Sash vihara to decorate it. - Foltz (1999:46-47)

15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery