🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Archaeological wonder
Bangabhaban
The Bangabhaban (Bengali: বঙ্গভবন, romanised: Bôngobhôbôn, lit. 'House of Bengal') is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Bangladesh, located on Bangabhaban Road, and…
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🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Archaeological wonder
The Bangabhaban (Bengali: বঙ্গভবন, romanised: Bôngobhôbôn, lit. 'House of Bengal') is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Bangladesh, located on Bangabhaban Road, and…
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Bhitargarh (Bengali: ভিতরগড়) is an archaeological site that includes the remains of an ancient fort city built in and around the 5th century AD.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Bikrampur Vihara is an ancient Buddhist vihara at Raghurampur village, Bikrampur, Munshiganj District, Dhaka Division in Bangladesh.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Gupta to Pala–Sena (450–1200 CE) · Gupta to Pala–Sena (Varendra)
Largest Bangladeshi walled city—120 ha, 4 concentric ramparts (6 km outer), 5th–12th c Gupta–Pala–Sena.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Archaeological wonder
Mangalkot (Bengali: মঙ্গলকোট) sculptures are ancient terracotta figurines discovered by Alexander Cunningham in 1879 in the village of Chingaspur, located in the current Shibganj Upazila, Bogra…
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Archaeological wonder
Choto Katra (Bengali: ছোট কাটারা; Small Katra) is one of two Katras built during Mughal rule in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was constructed in 1663 by Subahdar Shaista Khan.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Archaeological wonder
Gokul Medh is an archaeological site in Bangladesh. It is an excavated mound in the village of Gokul in Bogra Sadar Upazila, Bogra, about 2 km southwest of Mahasthangarh.
🇧🇩 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 · Archaeological wonder
archaeological Heritage in Khulna, Bangladesh
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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.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Mauryan 4th c BCE → Pala 12th c · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta → Pala
Ancient Pundranagara — Mauryan–Pala fortified city (4th c BCE–13th c CE) on Karatoya at Mahasthangarh, 12 km north Bogra. 1.5 km rampart, citadel mound, 1928–29 P.C.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Pundranagara — East Rampart Gate (Mahasthangarh) in Rajshahi, Bogura, Mahasthangarh, Bangladesh is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city…
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
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 …
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
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.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
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.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
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.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Chalcolithic → Iron Age 500 BCE–300 CE · Iron Age Gangetic (NBPW)
Wari-Bateshwar — twin-village Early Historic port-city (Chalcolithic levels, Iron Age 500 BCE–300 CE) 70 km NE Dhaka, discovered 1933 Hanif Pathan, excavated 2000–10 Rahman.