Raw data
Ancient city of Taxila coords.
Long: 72.833336 Lat: 33.750000 Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer, record# ADL3264726
Long: 72.833 Lat: 33.750 TGN
Input by: tmciolek, Apr 25, 2009
Taxila
Dharmarajika stupa and monastery
Kunala stupa and monastery
Mohra Moradu stupa and monastery
Pippala stupa and monastery
Jaulian stupa and monastery
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139/multiple=1&unique_number=153
Jaulian are the ruins of an ancient buddhistic monastery near Taxila, Punjab (Pakistan), Pakistan.
The ruins at Julian date from the fifth century CE and consist of two main parts. These are 1) the main stupa and 2) the monastery and university of Jaulian. The ruins are situated on a mountain top. The form and building of the university at Jaulian is similar to that of Mohra Muradu that is about 1 Km away.
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The monastery was burnt in 455 CE by the White Huns and thus destroyed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaulian
An inscription records the foundation of a monastery in a place called Chhema, northeast of Taxila. The inscription is interesting because the donor appears to be the son of a donor mentioned on the Mathura lion capital. This would be a very early connection, perhaps 100 BCE. See Epigraphia Indica, Vol 4, 1896-97, p. 54-55. [Stewart Gordon, 7 September 2009]
Mohra Muradu is the place of ancient buddhistic stupa and monastery near the ruins of Taxila, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The ancient monastery is located in a valley and offers a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains. The monks could meditate in all stillness at this place but were near enough to the city of Sirsukh to go for begging as it is only around 1.5 km away.
The city was built in the second century CE and renovated in the fifth century. Thus it belongs to the Kushan age.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohra_Muradu
Wah, Pakistan Page
Other names: Wāh
World:Pakistan:Punjab
Latitude 33.7983 Longitude 72.6956
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Wah.html
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 Taxila monastic cluster, PK.
lat=33.750000 long=72.833336
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
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2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Pakistan:Punjab
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat: 33.750000 Long: 72.833336 - Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer, record# ADL3264726
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
- Wah - Lat 33.7983 Long 72.6956 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Wah.html
World:Pakistan:Punjab
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Wāh - Lat 33.7983 Long 72.6956 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Wah.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 33.7983 Long 72.6956 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Wah.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
100 BCE
12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
- Destroyed 455 AD by the White Huns - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaulian
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
Inscription suggests connection with Mathura, c. 100 BCE
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
Archaeology, inscription.
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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