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Udjdjayanta. A mountain with a monastery built on it, in Surachtra. (Eitel 1888:184)
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 2, 2009
Surachtra = Saurashtra?
Saurashtra (also Soruth and Sorath) is a region of western India, located on the Arabian Sea coast of Gujarat state. It is a peninsula also called Kathiawar after the Kathi Darbar rulers who ruled part of the region once.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurashtra_(region)
Junagadh, India Page
Other names: Junaghur, Junagad, Junagarh, Jūnāgadh
World:India:State of Gujarat
Latitude 21.5167 Longitude 70.4667
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/9/Junagadh.html
"the proceedings of the taxes for three years, to building on the holy mountain Ujjayanta. (another name for Mount Girnar) a new stone temple to Neminatha in …"
Some Evidence on the Wooden Origins of the Vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala
V. S. Pramar
Artibus Asiae, Vol. 46, No. 4 (1985), pp. 305-311
(article consists of 7 pages)
Published by: Artibus Asiae Publishers
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3250257
"An inscription with fourteen Edicts of Ashoka is found on a large boulder within 2 km of Uperkot Fort [in Junagadh - tmc]. The inscriptions carry Brahmi script in Pali language and date back to 250 B.C.E.. On the same rock are inscriptions in Sanskrit added around 150 C.E. by Mahakshatrap Rudradaman I, the Saka (Scythian) ruler of Malwa, member of the Western Kshtrapas dynasty. Another dates from about 450 C.E. by Skandagupta,the last Gupta emperor. Old rock-cut Buddhist"caves" in this area, dating from well before 500 C.E., have stone carvings and floral work. […]
Further down the road are what are believed to be old Buddhist caves, said to be 1,500 years old (dating from before 500 AD). They are carved into the rocky hill and have stone carvings and floral work. There are also the Khapra Kodia caves north of the fort, and the Babupyana caves south of the fort.
http://historicaljunagadh.blogspot.com/2008/01/uperkot-junagadhbuddhist-cave-groups.html
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 3 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 Udjdjayanta monastery, IN.
lat=21.5167 long=70.4667
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Udjdjayanta monastery (Eitel 1888:184)
2. Monastery's modern country
- India:State of Gujarat
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Ujjayanta monastery - www.jstor.org/stable/3250257
- Mt Girnar monastery - www.jstor.org/stable/3250257
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 21.5167 Long 70.4667 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/9/Junagadh.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
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8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly Lat 21.5167 Long 70.4667 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/9/Junagadh.html
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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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
- archaeological, early texts
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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