| Shalban Bihar | |
|---|---|
| Native name শালবন বিহার (Bengali) | |
 Ruins of Shalban vihara, Comilla, Bangladesh | |
| Location | Moinamoti, Comilla District, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 23°25′34″N 91°08′14″E / 23.426234°N 91.1372098°E |
| Built | 7th century |
  Location of Shalban Bihar in Bangladesh  Shalban Vihara (Southwest Asia) | |
Shalban Bihar (Sanskrit; Bengali: শালবন বিহার Shalban Bihar) is an archaeological site in Moinamoti, Comilla, Bangladesh.[1] The ruins are in the middle of the Lalmai hills ridge, and these are of a 7th-century Paharpur-style Buddhist Bihar with 115 cells for monks. It operated through the 12th century.[2][3]
Excavations have revealed many archaeological artifacts dated to between the 7th and 12th centuries.[1]
- ^ a b M Harunur Rashid (2012), "Shalvan Vihara", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- ^ Susan L. Huntington (1984). The "Påala-Sena" Schools of Sculpture. Brill. pp. 164–165. ISBN 90-04-06856-2.
- ^ Kunal Chakrabarti; Shubhra Chakrabarti (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow. pp. 285–286. ISBN 978-0-8108-8024-5.