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


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


7. The settlement's alternative/historical names


8. The settlement's coordinates


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

  • [missing data]

11. Date-early

  • [missing data]

12. Date-intermediate

  • [missing data]

13. Date-late

  • [missing data]

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

  • [missing data]

15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

  • archaeological

16. Additional notes

  • [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)….

17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

  • [missing data]

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