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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.
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🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
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.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
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.
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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.
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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.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Gupta-Pala (5th–8th c.) · Gupta
Bhasu Vihara — Shibganj in Bogra District, Shibganj, Bangladesh is a Gupta-Pala (5th–8th c.) temple complex attributed to Gupta culture.
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Early Medieval (5th–8th c.) · Gupta-Pala
Vasu Vihara — Mahasthangarh in Bogra District, Mahasthangarh hinterland, Bangladesh is a Early Medieval (5th–8th c.) temple complex attributed to Gupta-Pala culture.
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Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Halud Vihara — Ancillary Cell Block North (Naogaon) in Rajshahi, Naogaon, Halud Vihara, Bangladesh is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple co…
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Vikrampura — Bull Temple Ancillary Mandapa (Munshiganj) in Dhaka, Munshiganj, Vikrampura, Bangladesh is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple …
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Early Medieval (7th–12th c.) · Chandra-Pala
Ananda Vihara — Mainamati in Comilla District, Mainamati Hills, Bangladesh is a Early Medieval (7th–12th c.) temple complex attributed to Chandra-Pala culture.
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Early Medieval (8th–9th c. CE) · Pala Empire
Halud Vihara — Naogaon in Naogaon District, Rajshahi, Bangladesh is a Early Medieval (8th–9th c. CE) temple complex attributed to Pala Empire culture.
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Sultanate (15th c. CE) · Bengal Sultanate
Kherua Masjid — Sherpur in Bogra District, Sherpur, Bangladesh is a Sultanate (15th c. CE) temple complex attributed to Bengal Sultanate culture.
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Pala (8th c.) · Pala
Paharpur Satellite Vihara — Dhirkuta in Naogaon District, Paharpur plain, Bangladesh is a Pala (8th c.) temple complex attributed to Pala culture.
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Early Medieval 7th–13th c CE · Buddhist Samatata Chandra dynasty
Mainamati-Lalmai ridge — Buddhist monastic city (7th–13th c CE) 8 km west Comilla, 18 major mounds (Shalban Vihara, Ananda Vihara, Kotila Mura) excavated 1955–73 F.A. Khan.
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Late Pala (1077–1161 CE) to Sena transition · Late Pala Vajrayana (Varendra)
Last great Pala mahavihara (1077–1200 CE)—110×100 m cruciform mound, Ramapala's revival, Tibetan-cited.
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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.