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District : Cumilla

In the Comilla Cantonment area, this four-page mura can be seen. The location of this four-figure mura on the top of a small flat hill, about 2 kilometers away from Kutila Mura. This mura has an entrance gate on the east side. The existence of a Buddhist temple has been found here. This temple, rectangular, is about 30 meters in length and 12 meters wide. In addition to this temple there was a hall. There were four pillars in this hall room. This mura is known as Charpatra Mura, because 4 copperplates have been recovered from the mura temple room. ...... read full story

Kautilya Mura / Kutila Mura / Tritantana Buddhist Vihara
Cumilla >> Sadar South

Kautilya Mura can see the area adjacent to the Comilla cantonment about 3 miles north of Shalvan Bihar. Mura is also known as Kutila Mura. The structure and construction of this mura differ from other parts. Due to the opening of the mud, 3 stumps are exposed. These three stupas represent three symbols of Buddhism. Due to these 3 stupas, Mura is also known as Trishna Buddhist Vihara. There are three symbols - Buddha or knowledge, religion or justice and association or discipline. This type of monastery is one in the subcontinent. A rounded small room was built in the center of the central plinth of Mura. There were 8 more rooms around this central room. These rooms were built by brick walls. Terracotta and clay made stools, seals and stone sculptures were found in the rooms. It is believed that this site may be from 7th century AD or even earlier. And it was used until the 13th century. ...... read full story

Ananda Vihara locally known as Ananda Raja's house. Among the Lalmai-Mainamati monasteries discovered in Comilla, this Ananda Vihara is big in size. And this is the second largest Vihara among Vihara discovered in Bangladesh. The monastery is built in a square. A central temple was built in the middle of Vihara. Several temples were built to live in the monastery of Vihara on this temple. Sri Anand Dev, the third king of Dev's family, built this temple at the end of the seventh century or early 8th century. The monastery is estimated to have been used till the twelfth century. ...... read full story

You can see this temple in Comilla cantonment area. The monastery is known by the locals as the house of the king of Bhoj. This monastery is adjacent to Ananda Bihar. The monastery is built in a square. Its side length is about 190 meters. A total of 122 rooms were found inside the monastery, in which Buddhist monks lived. A Buddhist temple structure was found in the middle of the excavation of the monastery. Due to the digging of this site, archaeological finds of thunderstroke Buddhist statues, post-Buddhist monuments, silver coins etc. were found. Among the artefacts, the Vajrasattva Buddhist statue is made of bronze. ...... read full story

You can see this idol mural in the adjoining Kalibazar road near Bangladesh Academy of Rural Development (Bird). The mural is located on a high mound. Due to this digging, the existence of a temple has been found here. There was also a vihara and two ruins stupa found in the stack. The vihara is built in a square. The vihara is believed to have been running from the seventh century to the tenth century. ...... read full story

You can see this murha in a village called Baradharmpur in Lalmai area. There are two temples of Hindu religion. The construction techniques of the temple are different from the other temples of Bengal. The temple is composed of two Buddhist pagodas. This two temples are on a hill named Chandimura.For this reason, this site is known as Chandimura. The temple has two rooms. Shiva is worshiped in one of the two temples and Chandi is worshiped on the other. Artificial stairs have been built by the hillside to go to the temple on both sides of the hill. These two temples built in the mountainous environment are thought to be built in the eighteenth century. ...... read full story

Located in Kotbari, Comilla, this Itakhola Mura is about 2 kilometers northwest of Shalvan Vihara. You will see this mound on a high mountain. A Buddhist temple has been found in this site. The era of the monastery has been found here in two construction periods. Among the archaeological finds, the stones, statues, embossed bricks, terracotta seals, sculpted bricks, bronze statues, silver coins, and parts of Buddha statues are notable. Archaeological sites are thought to be built from the eighth to the ninth century. ...... read full story

This Kotbari is an important archaeological site of Buddhism. This ancient monastery is situated next to Comilla-Kotbari road. During the digging of the monastery, a number of archaeological finds were found. Received archives are preserved in the museum. ...... read full story

The location of Lalmai and Mainamati hills, about 8 kilometers away from Comilla city. It is near the Comilla Cantonment area. One of the largest and ancient Buddhist monasteries in Bangladesh has been found here. This place is named after Mainamati, the mother of Chandra Dynasty. The ruins and archaeological sites of numerous ancient works, such as coins of different metals, ornaments, copperplates, statues, terracotta plaques, seals, utensils etc. were found from this hill. The site of the Vihara of several Buddhist monks has been found in this site. Its importance in all aspects of its archaeological site and ancient civilization. Even today, excavation work is underway in this site. As a result, more information is being made available, many archives are available; With it being discovered new Mura and Bihar. ...... read full story

The position of the Lotikot Mura on the east side of Itakhola Mura in Kotbari of Comilla. The existence of the house of Buddhist monks in this mura has been found. 15 rooms have been discovered. This Vihara is estimated to be built between 7th to 10th centuries AD. ...... read full story

The location of this Vihara lies in the middle of the Lalmai hills, about six kilometers away from Comilla city. The Vihara is built almost square. Whose each arm is about 550 feet long. There were about 115 rooms for Buddhist monks in Vihara. These rooms, which were built for monks, were built in a square. For the monks, each of these rooms had a length of about 3.66 meters. The walls between the two rooms were about 1.5 meters wide. The name of the Shalvan vihara is called Shribhavdev Mahavihar. The vihara is known as Shalvan Vihara because of its large number of shal trees in the area. The arch monuments received from the vihara are estimated to be between 7th to 12th centuries. The existence of a central temple has been discovered in this Vihara. There is only one gateway on the north side of Vihara. Two rooms on both sides of this entrance are found. This room is thought to be used as two guard rooms. Among the important structures of the monastery, the cruciarcha temple is very interesting and beautiful. The temple is a remarkable marvelous monument in the Buddhist architecture of the eighth century AD. The basement wall of the temple is terracotta rich. In these terracotta, the views of the folk art of Bengal were well-illustrated.The monastery was found in the 6th century era. Of these, the existence of 4 construction era has been clearly evident. Apart from temples and monks, there is also the existence of stack, banquet, cooking room etc. in Vihara. Several copperplates, gold and silver coins, numerous terracotta plaques, terracotta seals, stones and bronze statues were found from this site. Most of them are currently in the Mainamati Archeology Museum. ...... read full story

A hill called Palace hill of Queen Mainamati (Rani Mainamati Prasad Hill) on the north side of Lalmai-Mainamati hills. The mountain is about 15 meters high. This site is about 700 feet long and 600 feet in width. It is reported that this site was the palace of Queen Manamati, the mother of the last king of Chandra dynasty, Govinda Chandra. Therefore, the ancient establishment is known as Rani Mainamati's Prasad and the fort. Here in the British period there was a dak bungalow in the garden of a Maharaja of Tripura. ...... read full story

In 1965, this Mainamati Museum started its journey to show the artifacts received from the digging of Mainamati Lalmai area. You can see this museum on the south side of Shalvan Bihar. Land design of Bihar, Mura, Prasad and surrounding places; various types of plate blade obtained from these sites, lots of clay material made of clay, shilinga, butkera, ancient gold and silver coins, terracotta figurines, stone and bronze statues, bead, ornaments, bronze and copper plates used in Buddhist monks, iron Made of them, spade, scissors, terracotta lamp, etc. are preserved. ...... read full story

About 100 meters from Ananda Vihara, you will find an ancient pond. The ditch is about 63 bighas of land. It is believed that the dighi was excavated for the provision of water for the villagers. ...... read full story

An ancient water body built in the square is the Dighi of Bhoj king. It is about 120 meters from Bhoj Vihara. It is assumed that this water was excavated to provide drinking water to the villagers living in Bhoj Vihara. ...... read full story

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