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Somapura Mahavihara: Interior · Stairway beside the entrance gate of the Somapura Mahavihara ruins in Paharpur, Bangladesh
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Photo 1: Context · This is a photo of a monument in Bangladesh identified by the IDPhoto 2: Interior · Stairway beside the entrance gate of the Somapura Mahavihara ruins in Paharpur, BangladeshPhoto 3: Context · Somapura Mahavihara , Naogaon, Bangladesh

Religious · Historic precedent

Somapura Mahavihara

King Dharmapala (Pala dynasty) · Paharpur, Bangladesh · 800

Key featuresQuadrangular Buddhist monastery of 177 cells around a central stupa; Dharmapala reigned c. 781-821 CE.

Architect
King Dharmapala (Pala dynasty)
Place
Paharpur, Bangladesh
Year
800
Typology
Religious
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
South Asia
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