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)
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.
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:
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
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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
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
- Exactly 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
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11. Date-early
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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
- archaeological
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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