Buddhist civilization at Itakhola Mura, Comilla

About 96 km from Dhaka City, Comilla was the seat of a Buddhist civilization that flourished
from 7th to 12th Century AD. At about 8 km west of Comilla Town as many as fifty spots have
been marked of which some have been dug out from under the soil of a range of low hills known as
Mainamati-Lalmai Ridge. The excavations of Shalban Vihara, Vasu Vihara, Ananda Vihara, Kotila
Mura, Charpatra Mura, Itakhola Mura and Rupban Mura have immense archeological and cultural
importance especially in the field of studies of Buddhism. 

                                                                                                   Photography by :  Ruba Hossain