Raw data
Ushkura (lat. 34 degrees 12 minutes N x long. 74 degrees 22 minutes E in district Baramullah, Kashmir, India) seems likely to have been located in the ancient city of Hushkapura. The site is 32 miles north-northwest of Srinagar. In the time of Xuan Zang the site was a flourishing Buddhist community and he spent a night there. A very thick wall may have contained cells for monks. Little remains today and the site has not been properly excavated.
Input by: Stewart Gordon 05 Apr 2015
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 27 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 Ushkura monastery, IN.
Lat 34.197690 Long 74.346025
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Uskhura monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India: State of Jammu and Kashmir
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Hushkapura - Stewart Gordon 05 Apr 2015
- Ushkara - https://www.google.com/maps/
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 34.197690 Long 74.346025 - based on visual identification of ruins of the Ushkara site in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 27 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
- Varahamula - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Baramula.html
- Baramulla - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Baramula.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 34.2090 Long 74.3429 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Baramula.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
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
- Xuanzang [ven-xuanzang] - Stewart Gordon 05 Apr 2015
- NNNN [ven-nnnn] - source
- NNNN [ven-nnnn] - source
- NNNN [ven-nnnn] - source
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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