Raw data
Sahribahlol (lat. 34 degrees 15 min. N. x long. 71 degrees 58 min. E) is 2.5 miles south-southeast of the Takh-i-Bahi Buddhist site in the Peshawar province of Pakistan. Though excavations yielded many sculptures (mainly now in the Peshawar museum) of the stupas and monasteries only a few platforms and walls remain. The structures were apparently mainly made of brick, which has disintegrated. All that can be said of the monastery is that it was in the typical square plan. Debala Mitra, Buddhist Monuments (Calcutta: M. Dutt Shishu Sahitya Samad, 1971), 122
Input by: Stewart Gordon 6 Apr 2015
"The Buddhist monastic complex of Takht-i-Bahi (Throne of Origins) was founded in the early 1st century. […] Nearby are the ruins of Sahr-i-Bahlol, a small fortified city dating from the same period.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/140
"The most striking Buddhist site I visited was Tahkt-i Bahi near Mardan. This site was a large monastery located on a hilltop, occupied from the 1st to 7th century A.D."
http://www.mango.itgo.com/buddhist.htm
Input: tmciolek, 26 May 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 26 May 2015
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Sahribahlol monastery, PK.
Lat 34.255475 Long 71.950689
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Sahribahlol monastery - http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho000001003u01175000.html
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Pakistan: NWF Province
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Seri Bahlol - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seri_Bahlol
- Sahri Bahlol - http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho000001003u01175000.html
- Sahri-Bahlol - http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/JointEnqList.asp?txtPlace=Sahribahlol&strCat=1
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 34.255475 Long 71.950689 - based on visual identification of the village Seri Bahlol (Sahribahlol) in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 26 May 2015.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Takht-i-Bhai monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Mardam
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Mardan - http://www.mango.itgo.com/buddhist.htm
- Yaghi Mir Adam Kalla - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Yaghi_Mir_Adam_Kalla.html
- Maradam - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Yaghi_Mir_Adam_Kalla.html
- Yāghi Mīr Ādam Kalla - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Yaghi_Mir_Adam_Kalla.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 32.9661 Long 70.9789 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Yaghi_Mir_Adam_Kalla.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- 1st century A.D. - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/140
MBM chrono-tag <=0200 - tmciolek 26 May 2015
<=0200 0200-32c 0233-66c 0267-99c 0300-32c 0333-66c 0367-99c 0400-32c 0433-66c 0467-99c 0500-32c 0533-66c 0567-99c 0600-32p 0633-66p 0667-99p dated-el
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- 7th century A.D. - http://www.mango.itgo.com/buddhist.htm
MBM chrono-tag 0633-66p - tmciolek 26 May 2015
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
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]
18. Known monks and nuns associated with this monastery
19. Available Printed Literature
- Debala Mitra, Buddhist Monuments (Calcutta: M. Dutt Shishu Sahitya Samad, 1971), 122
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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