Raw data
"During the period of Buddhism in Kashmir, a Buddhist Vihara was built at "Saurasa", corresponding to the village "Sowur" (Soura) on the shore of Anchar Lake to the north of Srinagar. It also hosts a famous Muslim shrine known as Aasaar Sharief Jinaab Saahib which holds more than 13 holy relics."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soura
"A marble stone with a large foot-print imprinted on its is preserved at Asar-I-Sharif, Janab Sahib at Soura in Srinagar. This foot-print is known as Qadam-I-Rasul or foot-print of the Prophet Mohammad. Chroniclers and historians have mentioned that earlier the same relic was known as Vishnu-pada or the foot-print of Lord Vishnu." - http://www.icpsnet.org/description.php?ID=197
Input: tmciolek Jul 15 2013
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 15 Jul 2013
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 Saurasa monastery, IN.
Lat 34.14225 Long 74.79722
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2013.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Saurasa monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Jammu and Kashmir
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 34.14225 Long 74.79722 - based on visual identification of the Asar Shareef Jenab Saheb site in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 15 Jul 2013.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Kashmir Valley monastic cluster
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Srīnagar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Srinagar.html
- Suryanagar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Srinagar.html
- Srinigar - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Srinagar.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 34.0833 Long 74.8167 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Srinagar.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- Founded by King Surendra [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Kashmir], four generations before Asoka's conquest of Kashmir" - (Gutschow 2009:93)
MBM chrono-tag <=0200 - tmciolek 15 Jul 2013
<=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 0600-32c 0633-66c 0667-99c 0700-32c 0733-66c 0767-99c 0800-32c 0833-66c 0867-99c 0900-32c 0933-66c 0967-99c 1000-32c 1033-66c 1067-99c 1100-32c 1133-66c 1167-99c 1200=> dated-el
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- Converted into a Muslim mosque (therefore musthave been in existence till the 14th c.- tmciolek)
MBM chrono-tag 1200=> - tmciolek 15 Jul 2013
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
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 1]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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