Buddhist monastery (vihara)Deva dynastyPaharpur-type vihara
Sacred since
700 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
8th c. (Deva dynasty)
Deva dynasty
History & significance
A square Buddhist monastery of 115 monastic cells around a central shrine on the Mainamati-Lalmai ridge near Comilla, attributed to Bhava Deva, the fourth ruler of the early Deva dynasty. It remained in use into the 12th century and excavation has yielded artefacts spanning the 7th to 12th centuries.