Raw data
Xuazang visited this site in December 636. There were 20 monasteries with 3000 monks. All practiced Sammitiya.
The site is Saketa, U.P.
Src: IN
Input by: SG Jan 22 2009
[Saketa =] Ayodhya, India Page
Other names: Ajodhya,Oudh
World:India:State of Uttar Pradesh
Lat: 26.8000 Long: 82.2000
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Ayodhya.html
Input by: tmciolek, Feb 26 2009
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 Visakha monastery, India.
lat=26.8000 long=82.2000
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Visākhā monastery (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Uttar Pradesh
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat: 26.8000 Long: 82.2000 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Ayodhya.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
- Ajodhya http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Ayodhya.html
- Oudh http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Ayodhya.html
- Saketa http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/46559/Ayodhya
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly Lat: 26.8000 Long: 82.2000 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Ayodhya.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Sammitiya (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
11. Date-early
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12. Date-intermediate
- 636 CE
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
- pilgrim account
16. Additional notes
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- In 636 AD - 20 monasteries with 3,000 monks. (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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