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Somapura Mahavihara (Paharpur)

The largest Buddhist monastery south of the Himalayas, built in Bangladesh by the Pala king Dharmapala - a 27-acre complex of a central pyramidal shrine, hundreds of monks' cells and intricate terracotta plaques that drew scholars from Tibet and China, and whose distinctive stepped-pyramid temple form went on to directly influence later temple architecture in Myanmar and Java.

Dated events and their evidence

• 800 CE mainstream
  monastery built under Pala king Dharmapala source
• 1985 CE mainstream
  inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site source

Where

25.0311° N, 88.9767° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somapura_Mahavihara
• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/322/

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