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3 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Narhan Chalcolithic (2000–700) → NBPW–Mauryan → Buddhist Pala 200 BCE–1200 CE · Middle Ganga Chalcolithic → Buddhist Magadha (Mauryan–Pala)
Multi-period village-to-monastery mound (c.2000 BCE–1200 CE) at Taradih, 3 km south of Mahabodhi Bodh Gaya — excavated 1981–84 by R.D.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Gupta to Pala 427–1193 CE (peak 5th–12th c) · Bihar / Gupta-Pala Buddhist Mahayana
Iconic Buddhist residential university (5th–13th c CE) with Gupta to Pala brick viharas, stupas, chaityas and votive structures across 23 ha.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
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.
