Raw data
Ter is located twelve miles northeast of Osmanabad in the state of Maharashtra, India. On the site is an intact freestanding chaitya hall, one of only two known in India. It has been integrated into a Hindu temple. In 1967 the Theravada site was excavated by a team from the Museums Department, Maharashtra. A coin and an inscription date the site to early second century. Several other structures were discovered, as well as figurines, lamps beads, and glass bottles of Mediterranean origin. Though no architectural evidence of a monastery was found, one can be presumed from the ritual necessities of this site.
P.R. Ramchandra Rao, Andhra Sculpture (Hyderabad, Akshari, 1981) 85-86.
Input by: Stewart Gordon 15 Apr 2015
"The Samadhi of Saint GorobaKaka at Ter is a place of faith for many devotees. Many evidences connecting Ter with the Roman culture have been found in the excavations here. The Buddhist stupa and the archaeological museum here are also famous."
http://www.manase.org/en/maharashtra.php?mid=68&smid=22&did=8&dsid=12
Input: tmciolek, 26 May 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 26 May 2015
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Ter monastery(?), IN.
Lat 18.325932 Long 76.137212
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Ter 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 18.325932 Long 76.137212 - based on visual identification of the Shree Sant Goroba Kaka Temple site in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 26 May 2015.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
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 18.1816 Long 76.0389 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Osmanabad.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Theravada - P.R. Ramchandra Rao (1981:85-86)
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
18. Known monks and nuns associated with this monastery
19. Available Printed Literature
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 1]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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