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Svartapura. A monastery near Vais’ali (Eitel 1888:168)
"The location of Vaishali is at the following coordinates: Coordinates: 25.986595° N 85.125589° E."
http://www.indianetzone.com/4/vaisali.htm
"… the city of Vaiśālī (Basarh in north Bihār). …"
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/575702/Susunaga
Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 7, page 94 — Imperial Gazetteer …
"situated in 25° 59 N. and 85° 8 E. Population (1901), 3,527. Basarh is identified with the capital of the ancient kingdom of Vaisali. …"
dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_100.gif
(i.e. lat 25.98333333, long 85.13333333)
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 2, 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 20 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Svartapura monastery, IN.
lat=25.98333333 long=85.13333333
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Svartapura monastery - Eitel (1888:168)
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India: State of Bihar.
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 25.98333333, Long 85.13333333 - dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_100.gif
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Basarh - dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_100.gif
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Vaiśālī - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/575702/Susunaga
- Vaishali - http://www.indianetzone.com/4/vaisali.htm
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 25.98333333, Long 85.13333333 - dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_100.gif
- Another set of coordinates: Lat 25.986595 Long 85.125589 - http://www.indianetzone.com/4/vaisali.htm
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
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16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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