An atlas of Earth’s mysterious places — megaliths, pyramids, lost and sunken cities — with the evidence shown plainly: what is verified, what is contested, and what is still unknown.

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Bangladesh

4 places in the atlas, 1 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Chittagong Division, Comilla District, Mainamati-Lalmai ridge 8 km west of Comilla1
Dhaka Division, Narsingdi District, Belabo Upazila, twin villages 70 km NE of Dhaka on Old Brahmaputra floodplain1
Rajshahi Division, Bogra District, Mahasthan on Karatoya River 12 km north of Bogra1
Rajshahi Division, Naogaon District, Badalgachhi Upazila, Paharpur village on Barind tract1

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🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex

Paharpur (Somapura Mahavihara)

Pala Buddhist 8th–12th c CE · Pala Buddhist Mahayana–Vajrayana

Somapura Mahavihara at Paharpur — largest single Buddhist vihara south of Himalaya (27-acre cruciform complex) built c.781–820 CE by Dharmapala Pala on Barind alluvium. Excavated 1923–34 by D.R.