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> From: Reviews of Internet resources for Asian Studies
> <asia-www-monitor@anu.edu.au>
>
> The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Jan 2011, Vol. 18, No. 1 (320)
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> 18 Jan 2011
>
> Mapping Buddhist Monasteries 200-1200 CE Project
>
> monastic-asia.wikidot.com, Ann Arbor: Center for South Asian Studies,
> University of Michigan, USA; Canberra: www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific
> Research Online, Australia; & Newton, MA: Lasell College, USA.
>
> Self-description:
> "GORDON, Stewart, T. Matthew Ciolek & Lizabeth H. Piel, Work in
> progress, 2009-present, Mapping Buddhist Monasteries 200-1200 CE
> Project. [...]
>
> The Project aims to:
> * catalogue,
> * crosscheck, verify and interrelate the collected data,
> * georeference and, finally,
> * map online (using KML markup & Google Maps technology)
> details of communication, contacts and affinities between as many as
> possible of the Buddhist monasteries and convents known to have
> operated in South Asia, SE Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia from
> approx. 200 CE till approx. 1200 CE.
>
> [...] From its North Indian origins Buddhism expanded across much of
> Asia, including Southern India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Central Asia
> and Tibet, Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan. In contrast to
> studies of 'Chinese' Buddhism or 'Vietnamese' Buddhism, this project
> focuses on the early medieaval monastic institutions across the
> entire Buddhist world.
> During the first 18 months of work conducted via the Internet from
> three different time-zones in the USA and Australia, we have
> constructed a freely accessible online database of easily correctable
> information on over 500 Asian monastic institutions. The data include
> their: (1) exact geographical coordinates; (2) official and variant
> names; (3) probable doctrinal affiliations; (4) architectural form;
> (5) probable organizational characteristics; (6) probable chronology
> and dating. Each monastery is linked directly to its position in
> GoogleEarth, allowing an overall or close up view of the site. Many
> sites have embedded photos of architectural features.
>
> In September 2010 we have now begun the second phase of the project:
> recording evidence of bilateral connections between monasteries, such
> as the longstanding links between Sri Lankan monasteries and Nalanda.
>
> What, however, were the overall Asian patterns? How did long-distance
> flows of students, teachers, relics, books, sculpture, paintings and
> donations influence intellectual, religious, artistic, even economic
> and political developments? What were the main types and styles of
> inter-monastic Buddhist communications [= exchanges of information,
> in oral and written formats], contacts [= flows of personnel] and
> affinities [= political, doctrinal, intellectual and artistic links
> and parallels]? Did they significantly vary with changes to their
> geographical, cultural, political, or temporal contexts?
> In other words, the project systematically documents, maps and
> explores the intimate contours of a closely interlinked and mutually
> influential Buddhist world.
> We invite interested scholars to critique our efforts so-far, to
> contribute new data or refinements, and to join our online team."
>
> Site contents:
> * Bibliography page [in mid-Jan 2011 it listed over 180 printed
> and/or electronic publications];
> * Chronologies page (Arabian Peninsula, Burma, Byzantium, Cambodia,
> Central Asia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Persia, Afghanistan and
> Transoxiana, Vietnam [Annam, Nam Viet, Dai Viet], Vietnam [Champa]);
> * Map scales [from 1:22M to 1: 15K] & amp; measurements page;
> * Methodology page [under construction];
> * Sanskrit fonts (cut & paste);
> * Monasteries A to Z [In mid-Jan 2011 the site recorded details of
> over 510 individual monasteries and monastic clusters. Data format: #
> Raw data, # Final data (and their sources): A. Lat/Long coordinates'
> accuracy [to the nearest 200m, 2km, 20km], B. General location of the
> monastery in question, C. Google Map link, 1. Monastery's name, 2.
> Monastery's modern country & province, 3. Monastery's
> alternative/historical names, 4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates [in
> decimal degrees], 5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries, 6.
> Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village, 7. The
> settlement's alternative/historical names, 8. The settlement's
> coordinates [in decimal degrees], 9. Monastery's major Buddhist
> tradition, 10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition, 11. Date-early,
> 12. Date-intermediate, 13. Date-late, 14. Details of contacts with
> other monasteries, 15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery, 16.
> Additional notes [missing data (incl. details of the size of the
> monastic population)], 17. Corrections & addenda to this page were
> kindly provided by ..., #Page tags.];
> * Electronic Atlas
> [http://www.ciolek.com/GEO-MONASTIC/geo-monasteries-home.html, using
> GoogleEarth and the KML files]
> (Map A. Monasteries North-West (= areas between Lat 39.0 - 60.0 N and
> Long 55.0 - 99.9 E),
> Map B. Monasteries North-East (= areas between Lat 39.0 - 60.0 N and
> Long 100.0 - 150.0 E, incl. today's Korea & Japan),
> Map C. Monasteries Central-West (= areas between Lat 26.0 - 38.99 N
> and Long 55.0 - 99.9 E),
> Map D. Monasteries Central-East (= areas between Lat 26.0 - 38.99 N
> and Long 100.0 - 150.0 E),
> Map E. Monasteries South-West (= areas between 10.0 S - 25.99 N and
> Long 55.0 - 99.9 E),
> Map F. Monasteries South-East (= areas between 10.0 S - 25.99 N and
> Long 100.0 - 150.0 E));
> * Unidentified Places [a list of highly problematic sites];
> * How to edit pages?;
> * Recent changes;
> * Raw & temporary data;
> * Access pages by tags: (200m, 20km, 2km, a, afghanistan, apparatus,
> b, bangladesh, c, cave, central-asia, chan/zen, charted, china,
> cluster, d, e, east-asia, f, fahien, g, h, hoko, hosso, hua-yen,
> huichao, i, india, indonesia, j, japan, k, kashmir, kegon, korea,
> kyrgyzstan, l, lokottaravada, m, mahasanghika, mahayana, mahayana?,
> mapped, monastery, monastery?, mt., muro-ha, myanmar, myogen, n,
> nanzan, nepal, nunnery, o, p, pagoda, pakistan, q, r, redirect,
> ritsu, s, sammitiya, sanron, sarvastivada, shingon, shokannon,
> shotoku, south-asia, south-east-asia, spot, sri-lanka, stupa,
> sungyun, swat-valley, t, tajikistan, tantra, template, tendai,
> thailand, theravada, theravada?, tibet, tradition?, turkmenistan, u,
> uncharted, university, unmapped, uzbekistan, v, vajrayana,
> vajrayana?, vietnam, vinaya, w, western-china, x, xuanzang, y,
> yijing, z);
> * Recent posts & comments [under construction];
> * 20 most recently created pages [incl.: # Sensoji monastery, (in)
> Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, JP; # Kitain monastery, (in) Kawagoe,
> Saitama Prefecture, JP; # Hwangnyongsa monastery, (in) Kyongju,
> Gyeongsanguk-do, KR; # Kizil monastery, (near) Kizil, Xinjiang, CN; #
> Qumtura monastery, (towards) Kuqa, Xinjiang, CN; # Singim monastery,
> (near) Singim, Xinjiang, CN; # Yulin monastery?, (near) Guazhou,
> Gansu, CN];
> * Central Asia (Central Asia - all, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan,
> Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Western China);
> * East Asia (East Asia - all, China, Japan, Korea);
> * South Asia (South Asia - all, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan
> [under construction], India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim [under
> construction], Sri Lanka, Swat, Tibet);
> * South-East Asia (SEAsia - all, Cambodia [under construction],
> Indonesia, Laos [under construction], Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam);
> * Aspects of data (Monastic clusters, Cave sites, Pagoda sites, Stupa
> sites, University sites);
> * Abstract;
> * Citation format;
> * Contact;
> * Search this site.
>
> URL http://monastic-asia.wikidot.com/
>
> Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site is not archived by
> web.archive.org]
>
> Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
>
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> - regards -
>
> Dr T. Matthew Ciolek tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au
> Head, Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS,
> ANU College of Asia and the Pacific,
> The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
> ph +61 (02) 6125 3124 fax: +61 (02) 62571893
> also, Asia Pacific Research Online at www.ciolek.com
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