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"The Tyup's territory, which is located along the Great Silk Road, is also interesting for Japanese tourists. They always visit a small park with balbals [stone statues with human faces - tmc] and stone millstones in the village of Shaty, where there is a small stone with a picture of an open palmed hand - a fragment of a much larger image. Japanese tourists believe this to be a Buddhist monument. Being that the sculpture is not very large, and because there are many millstones for flour and ore, experts believe this to be evidence of an ancient settlement of Buddhist monks."
http://buddhistdigest.blogspot.com/
Shaty, Kyrgyzstan Page
World:Kyrgyzstan
Lat 42.7667 Long 78.3667
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/KG/00/Shaty.html
Tyup, Kyrgyzstan Page
Other names: Tjup,Preobrazhenskoye
World:Kyrgyzstan
Lat 42.7500 Long 78.3333
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/KG/00/Tyup.html
Input by: tmciolek, Jul 3, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
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 Shaty monastery, KG.
Lat 42.7667 Long 78.3667
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Shaty [monastery?]
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Kyrgyzstan:Issyk-Kul Oblasty
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 42.7667 Long 78.3667 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/KG/00/Shaty.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Tjup - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/KG/00/Tyup.htm
- Preobrazhenskoye -http://www.fallingrain.com/world/KG/00/Tyup.htm
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 42.7500 Long 78.3333 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/KG/00/Tyup.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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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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