Paharpur

Rajshahi Division · Bangladesh

Paharpur, Bangladesh
Photo: Md. Ahsanul Haque Nayem, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to February
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limited
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The ruins of Somapura Mahavihara, a vast Buddhist monastery arranged around a towering cruciform central shrine. It was one of the greatest centres of learning in the medieval Buddhist world.

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