Somapura Mahavihara (Bengali: সোমপুর মহাবিহার, romanized: Shompur Môhabihar) or Paharpur Buddhist Vihara (Bengali: পাহাড়পুর বৌদ্ধ বিহার, romanized: Pāhāṛpur...

for 108 monks. It attracted scholars from neighbouring countries. Somapura Mahavihara was located at Paharpur, 46.5 km to the north-west of Mahasthangarh...

India are the Buddhist Mahaviharas of Takshashila, Kashmir Smast, Nalanda, Valabhi, Pushpagiri, Odantapuri, Vikramashila, Somapura, Bikrampur, Jagaddala...

grand Buddhist temples and monasteries (Viharas), including the Somapura Mahavihara and Odantapuri, and patronised the great universities of Nalanda...

Somapura Mahavihara is a Buddhist monastery situated in the Rajshahi District in the north of Bangladesh. Covering almost 27 acres of land, Somapura Mahavira...

five great Mahaviharas stood out: Vikramashila, the premier university of the era; Nalanda, past its prime but still illustrious, Somapura, Odantapura...

west of Jamalganj in the Naogaon district where the remains of the Somapura Mahavihara monastery have been excavated. This 7th-century archaeological find...

Nalanda (IAST: Nālandā, pronounced [naːlən̪d̪aː]) was a renowned Buddhist mahavihara (great monastery) in ancient and medieval Magadha (modern-day Bihar),...

university of Nalanda was established by the Palas. They also built the Somapura Mahavihara, which was the largest monastic institution in the subcontinent....

Buddhagupta was rector or the university. Dharmapala built the great Somapura Mahavihara in Paharpur, Naogaon District, Bangladesh. Taranath also credits...

been inspired by the ancient monasteries of Bangladesh such as the Somapura Mahavihara. Most of the followers of Buddhism in Bangladesh live in the Chittagong...

site. The monastery dates from a similar time period to the nearby Somapura Mahavihara and Halud Vihara. The monastery was built on a square area of 65...

the lower parts of the brick-built structure have been excavated. Somapura Mahavihara, also in Bangladesh, was a larger vihara, mostly 8th-century, with...

ancient higher-learning institutions of Nalanda and Vikramashila. The Somapura Mahavihara built by Emperor Dharmapala is the greatest Buddhist monastery in...

Bangladesh and built many monasteries such as the Mahasthangarh and the Somapura Mahavihara. During the Pala Dynasty, a famous teacher named Atisha was born...

is 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) south of the World Heritage Site of Somapura Mahavihara, at Pahapur in the Naogaon District of Bangladesh. The main feature...

Tibetan sources, five great Mahaviharas stood out: Vikramashila; Nalanda, past its prime but still illustrious; Somapura; Odantapurā; and Jagaddala. The...

Hinduism in the area during the Iron Age—from 400 to 100 BCE. The Somapura Mahavihara built under the rule of the Buddhist Pala Empire in the 8th century...

1040), Telhara in Bihar (probably older than Nalanda), Somapura Mahavihara and Jagaddala Mahavihara in Bengal, Kanchipuram, in Tamil Nadu, Manyakheta, in...

the forces of the infamous Bakhtiar Khilji.[citation needed] The Somapura Mahavihara, a creation of Dharmapala, at Paharpur, Bangladesh, is the largest...

form of a Mandala 7th century buddhist monastery in Bangladesh. Somapura Mahavihara Circular diagrams are often used in phylogenetics, especially for...

learning and also built grand tantric temples and monasteries such as Somapura Mahavihara and Odantapuri while establishing good relations with the Tibetan...

রাজশাহী বিভাগ Varendra Division of Bangladesh Clockwise from the top: Somapura Mahavihara, Choto Sona Mosque, Jamuna Bridge, Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant &...

Temple Dol-Mandir Pancha Ratna Govinda Temple Somapura Mahavihara Halud Vihara Kusumba Mosque Jagaddala Mahavihara Uttara Ganabhaban Natore Rajbari Choto Sona...

acknowledged as the earliest city-site discovered thus far in Bangladesh. Somapura Mahavihara at Paharpur in Naogaon District was once the biggest Buddhist monastery...

declared by UNESCO, of which Bangladesh has three – the Sundarbans, Somapura Mahavihara at Paharpur and the Sixty Pillar Mosque at Bagerhat. The sites identified...

Some of the mentionable among them are- Mahasthangarh, Mainamati, Somapura Mahavihara, Shita Coat Bihar, Nawabganj, Kantajew Temple, Choto Sona Mosque...

his father, he was a Buddhist and founded the Buddhist Vihara at Somapura Mahavihara in Varendra, the ruins of which in Naogaon District have been discovered...

Vihara Misripara Seema Buddha Bihar Jagaddala Mahavihara Shalban Vihara Shita Coat Bihar Somapura Mahavihara Vasu Vihara Buddhism in Bangladesh Bengali Buddhists...

Odantapuri was part of a network of five Mahaviharas in eastern India. The others were Nalanda, Vikramashila, Somapura, and Jagaddala. During the Pala period...