🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Vikramashila Mahavihara
Pala Period (750–1161 CE) · Pala Mahayana/Vajrayana Buddhist (Bengal)
Great Pala university (770–1200 CE)—330×330 m quadrangle, 208 cells, cruciform temple with 3-m Buddha.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Sitakot Vihara
Pala Period (late, 900–1161 CE) · Late Pala Buddhist
Late Pala (900–1100 CE) quadrangle 65×65 m with 41 cells around reused Gupta shrine, Punarbhaba floodplain.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Halud Vihara
Pala Period (750–1161 CE) · Pala Buddhist (Mahayana/Vajrayana)
9th-c Pala cruciform brick vihara 70×70 m with 33 cells, Somapura-type, on Barind Tract near Paharpur.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Candi Muaro Jambi
Malay–Srivijaya to Muara Jambi (680–1300 CE) · Melayu Kingdom to Srivijaya to Mauli (Batanghari)
Candi Muaro Jambi is the largest Buddhist temple complex in Southeast Asia — 398 ha with 82 red-brick candi (7th–13th c) along the Batanghari River, center of Malayu–Srivijaya scholarship.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Vasu Vihara
Gupta Period (320–550 CE) – early Pala · Gupta Buddhist (Hinayana then Mahayana)
Gupta (4th–7th c) apsidal monastery 58×45 m with 26 cells and chaitya, linked to Xuanzang's Po-shi-po.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Lauriya Nandangarh
Mauryan to Pala (242 BCE–1200 CE) · Mauryan (Ashokan) to Pala Buddhist
Ashokan lion pillar (242 BCE, 32 ft) with 51-ft Nandangarh Stupa 400 m away, continuous Mauryan–Pala mound.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Ananda Vihara
Chandra–Pala Period (600–1200 CE) · Samataṭa/Chandra Buddhist
Largest Mainamati vihara—178 cells around 45×38 m court, 6 phases (600–1200 CE), Chandra bronzes and terracottas.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient village
Skellig Michael Monastery Kerry Atlantic
Early Medieval · Irish Monastic
Skellig Michael Monastery Kerry Atlantic at Kerry, Skellig Islands, Ireland is a Early Medieval ancient village of the Irish Monastic tradition, built c.