Somapura Mahavihara (Bengali: সোমপুর মহাবিহার, romanized: Shompur Môhabihar) or Paharpur Buddhist Vihara (Bengali: পাহাড়পুর বৌদ্ধ বিহার, romanized: Pāhāṛpur...
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for 108 monks. It attracted scholars from neighbouring countries. Somapura Mahavihara was located at Paharpur, 46.5 km to the north-west of Mahasthangarh...
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Vihara, Odantapuri University, Vikramashila, Somapura Mahavihara, Bikrampur Vihara, Jagaddala Mahavihara. First university The University of ancient Taxila...
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grand Buddhist temples and monasteries (Viharas), including the Somapura Mahavihara and Odantapuri, and patronised the great universities of Nalanda...
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Tourism in Bangladesh (section Somapura Mahavihara)
Somapura Mahavihara is a Buddhist monastery situated in the Rajshahi District in the north of Bangladesh. Covering almost 27 acres of land, Somapura Mahavira...
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Vikramashila (redirect from Vikramashila Mahavihara)
five great Mahaviharas stood out: Vikramashila, the premier university of the era; Nalanda, past its prime but still illustrious, Somapura, Odantapura...
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Naogaon District (section Jagaddala Mahavihara)
west of Jamalganj in the Naogaon district where the remains of the Somapura Mahavihara monastery have been excavated. This 7th-century archaeological find...
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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...
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Nalanda (IAST: Nālandā, pronounced [naːlən̪d̪aː]) was a renowned Buddhist mahavihara (great monastery) in ancient and medieval Magadha (modern-day Bihar),...
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university of Nalanda was established by the Palas. They also built the Somapura Mahavihara, which was the largest monastic institution in the subcontinent....
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Buddhagupta was rector or the university. Dharmapala built the great Somapura Mahavihara in Paharpur, Naogaon District, Bangladesh. Taranath also credits...
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Bangladesh and built many monasteries such as the Mahasthangarh and the Somapura Mahavihara. During the Pala Dynasty, a famous teacher named Atisha was born...
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the lower parts of the brick-built structure have been excavated. Somapura Mahavihara, also in Bangladesh, was a larger vihara, mostly 8th-century, with...
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prospered. Xuanzang of China was a noted scholar who resided at the Somapura Mahavihara (the largest monastery in ancient India), and Atisa travelled from...
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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...
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ancient higher-learning institutions of Nalanda and Vikramashila. The Somapura Mahavihara built by Emperor Dharmapala is the greatest Buddhist monastery in...
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Division রাজশাহী বিভাগ Varendra Division Clockwise from the top: Somapura Mahavihara, Gokul Medh, Uttara Ganabhaban, Choto Sona Mosque, Bangabandhu Bridge...
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the forces of the infamous Bakhtiar Khilji.[citation needed] The Somapura Mahavihara, a creation of Dharmapala, at Paharpur, Bangladesh, is the largest...
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form of a Mandala 7th century buddhist monastery in Bangladesh. Somapura Mahavihara Circular diagrams are often used in phylogenetics, especially for...
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1040), Telhara in Bihar (probably older than Nalanda), Somapura Mahavihara and Jagaddala Mahavihara in Bengal, Kanchipuram, in Tamil Nadu, Manyakheta, in...
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learning and also built grand tantric temples and monasteries such as Somapura Mahavihara and Odantapuri while establishing good relations with the Tibetan...
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Tibetan sources, five great Mahaviharas stood out: Vikramashila; Nalanda, past its prime but still illustrious; Somapura; Odantapurā; and Jagaddala. The...
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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...
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Somapura Mahavihara in Bangladesh is the greatest Buddhist Vihara in the Indian Subcontinent, built by Dharmapala....
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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...
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Vihara Misripara Seema Buddha Bihar Jagaddala Mahavihara Shalban Vihara Shita Coat Bihar Somapura Mahavihara Vasu Vihara Buddhism in Bangladesh Bengali Buddhists...
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Temple Dol-Mandir Pancha Ratna Govinda Temple Somapura Mahavihara Halud Vihara Kusumba Mosque Jagaddala Mahavihara Uttara Ganabhaban Natore Rajbari Choto Sona...
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Somapura Mahavihara from the Pala dynasty, a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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primarily focusing on the Mosque City of Bagerhat, Sundarbans, and Somapura Mahavihara. 2022: 14th International Kidscreen Awards for Best Mixed Media Series...
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Odantapuri was part of a network of five Mahaviharas in eastern India. The others were Nalanda, Vikramashila, Somapura, and Jagaddala. During the Pala period...
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