21 May, 2021

Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur

country. Bangladesh
year of inscription. 1985
criteria. Cultural
The Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur WHS is located in the Rajshahi Divison. The Somapura Mahavira (or, Great Monastery) was first built here by Dharmapala Vikramshila (770 – 810CE), the king of Varendi-Magadha. It is evident of the rise of this region as an important centre of Mahayana Buddhism from the 7th to the 12th century CE.


what. stamp (Pakistan, 1963)


what. stamp (Sri Lanka, 2017)




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