Mahasthan means a place of sanctity and garh means fort. A Sanskrit text “Vallalcharita” of the 13th century first mentioned the place “Mahasthan”, to mean the same place the same text also mentions two more names – Pundrakshetra, land of the Pundras, and Pundranagara, city of the Pundras. In 1685, an administrative order mentioned the [...]
Paharpur: The largest Buddhist monastery south of the Himalayas
Paharpur is a name of a village under Jamalganj upazila of Naogaon district. Naogaon is a district of greater Rajshahi. It is almost 270 km from Dhaka city.
Paharpur, it had taken its name from a high mound, which looked like Pahar or hillock. It is not a natural hill; the big hill is made by [...]