Raw data
This group of 9 caves is located 4 km north of Wai (Maharashtra) on the banks of the Nira River. The assembly hall has been converted into a Shiva temple.
See D.C. Ahir, Buddhist Sites and Shrines in India: History, Art and Architecture (Delhi: Indian Books Centre, 2003) p.202.
Input by: SG , Apr 2, 2009
In the hill on the outskirts of the village is a group of eight caves…facing south-west. [The caves are in the hamlet of Lohari, north of Wai. Most are residence cells, but there is one chaitya hall. The caves date to the middle or later half of the third century CE. The right side of the chaitya hall has niches which had sculptures, of which only the feet remain. The central figure may be a Buddha, a Mahayana addition of the late 6th Century.]
See MK Dhavalikar, Late Hinayana Caves of Western India (Poona: Deccan Post Graduate and Research Institute, 1986) 34-35.
Wai, India Page
World:India:State of Maharashtra
Latitude 17.9333 Longitude 73.9000
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Wai.html
Note: in fallingrain.com there is no trace of a place called Lonara.
Input by: tmciolek, Apr 4, 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 16 Sep 2013
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 Wai monastery, IN.
lat=17.9333 long=73.9000
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Wai 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 17.9333 Long 73.9000 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Wai.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Wai and Shirwal are located within 10 km. of each other along an ancient (and still important route) from the area of present-day Pune to Kolhapur.
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 17.9333 Long 73.9000 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Wai.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Late Theravada
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- Middle to later half of the third century CE
MBM chrono-tag: <=0200 - tmciolek 16 Sep 2013
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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
- archaeological
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]
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