Tamralipti monastery, (in) Tamluk, West Bengal, IN

Raw data

Xuanzang visited this site in the seventh century. It was in decline, with only 10 monasteries and 1000 monks. The number had dropped by 1/2 since the visit of Fa Hien two centuries earlier. The modern location is the port town of Tamluk in the Midnapur district of Bengal.

Pilgrim accounts - Fa-Hien (406 CE), Xuanzang (c. 625 CE), Yijing (c. 680 CE).

Src: India

Input by: Stewart Gordon, Aug 25, 2009

See D.C. Ahir, Buddhist Sites and Shrines in India: History, Art and Architecture (Delhi: Inian Books Centre, 2003) p. 279.

Tamluk, India Page
Other names: Tamlūk
World:India:State of West Bengal
Lat 22.3000 Long 87.9167
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Tamluk.html

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 Tamralipti monastery, IN.
lat= 22.3000 long=87.9167
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.

Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=22.3000+87.9167+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Tamralipti%20monastery,%20IN)&ll=22.3000,87.9167&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

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Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

• Tamralipti monastery

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2. Monastery's modern country & province

• India:State of West Bengal

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3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

• Tamralipta

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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

• Approx, Lat 22.3000 Long 87.9167 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Tamluk.html

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5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village

• Tamluk - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Tamluk.html

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7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

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8. The settlement's coordinates

• Exactly, Lat 22.3000 Long 87.9167 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Tamluk.html

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9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

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11. Date-early

• 400 CE

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12. Date-intermediate

• 600 CE

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13. Date-late

• 700 CE

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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

• Three Chinese monks from home monasteries in China visited the site.

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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

• Pilgrim accounts - Fa-Hien (406 CE), Xuanzang (c. 625 CE), Yijing (c. 680 CE).

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16. Additional notes

• 1000 monks in c. 680.

17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

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