Raw data
This site has 15 caves and is located in the village of Shirwal, 48 km south of Poona (Maharashtra). There is an chaitya hall. All are in poor condition. The author speculates that there might have been 100 monks at the site, based on the number of cells.
See D.C. Ahir, Buddhist Sites and Shrines in India: History, Art and Architecture (Delhi: Inian Books Centre, 2003) p. 201.
Src: IN
Input by: SG , Apr 2, 2009
The Shirwal site is a late Hinayana site, perhaps datable to the later half of the second century CE.
See MK Dhavalikar, Late Hinayana Caves of Western India (Poona: Deccan Postgraduate and Research Institute, 1986) 37.
Shirwal, India Page
Other names: Shirval
World:India:State of Maharashtra
Latitude 18.1333 Longitude 73.9833
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Shirwal.html
Input by: tmciolek , Apr 4, 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 17 Jul 2014
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 Shirwal monastery, IN.
lat=18.1333 long=73.9833
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Shirwal monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Maharashtra
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 18.1333 Long 73.9833 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Shirwal.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Sherwal and Wai are approximately 10 km. apart along the ancient north-south road connecting the present-day Pune region to Kolhapur.
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 18.1333 Long 73.9833 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Shirwal.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Theravada
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- Late Theravada, second half of the second century CE. See MK Dhavalikar, Late Hinayana Caves of Western India (Poona: Deccan Postgraduate and Research Institute, 1986) 37
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12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- archaeology
16. Additional notes
- About 100. This figure is quite speculative, based on the apparent accommodations of the cells in the caves
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
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