Qoul-I Akram monastery, (near) Bamian, Velayat-e Bamian, AF

Raw data

"Serial no: 208-003
Qoul-I Akram Caves in the Fuladi Valley
Bamiyan District, Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan
N34 49 25.3 E 67 47 53.7 [= Lat 34.82369 Long 67.79825 - Note, these coordinates ARE NOT correct, see below - tmc, 13 Jul 2010]"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/208/multiple=1&unique_number=230

Input by: tmciolek, Jul 6, 2010

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 09 Jul 2014

Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of Qoul-I Akram monastery, AF.

General location of the Qoul-I Akram monastery, AF.
Lat 34.8060 Long 67.7900
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.

Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.8060+67.7900+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Qoul%20I%20Akram%20monastery,%20AF)&ll=34.8060,67.7900&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

Qoul-I Akram monastery - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/208/multiple=1&unique_number=230

2. Monastery's modern country & province

Afghanistan:Velayat-e Bamian

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

[missing data]

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

[Note, due to an UNESCO clerical error the coordinates Lat 34.82369 Long 67.79825 - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/208/multiple=1&unique_number=230 - ARE NOT CORRECT - tmciolek, 13 Jul 2010]
Approx., Lat 34.8060 Long 67.7900 - based on visual identification of the site on the large scale Map of Archaeological Remains (UNESCO World Heritage Centre 2003), and estimating its coordinates via maps.google.com - tmciolek, 13 Jul 2010.

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

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

Bamian - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/5/Bamian.html

7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

Bāmīān - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html
Bamyan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html
Qal`a Sarkarit - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html
Kala Sarkari - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html
Bamiyan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html
Qal‘a Sarkārit - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html
Qala Sarkari - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html
Qala Sarkāri - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html
Bāmyān - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html
Bamiyan means "the place of shining light" - Maeda (n.d.)

8. The settlement's coordinates

Approx., Lat 34.8167 Long 67.8167 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AF/05/Bamian.html

9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

in 630 Xuanzang notes the presence of solely Theravadin monasteries - Maeda (n.d.)
in 726 - Huichao notes the presence of both Theravadin and Mahayana monasteries - Maeda (n.d.)

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition