Paharpur

Japanese: パハールプル

A small village in Rajshahi District, western Bangladesh. The ruins of Somapura Mahavihara, the largest Buddhist monastery in Asia, remain. It was founded by Dharmapala, the second king of the Pala dynasty, which flourished from the 8th to 11th centuries. It is known that within the approximately 300m square wall, there were 177 monks' cells and a cross-shaped temple with stairs on all four sides in the center of the inner courtyard. The approximately 2,800 unglazed clay reliefs embedded in the base are valuable materials for Pala dynasty art. The site was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1985.

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Japanese:

バングラデシュ西部，ラージシャーヒ県の小村。アジアで最大規模の仏教僧院ソーマプラ・マハービハーラの遺跡が残る。８−11世紀に栄えたパーラ朝の２代目の王ダルマパーラが創建。約300m四方の壁に囲まれた中に，177の僧房，内庭の中央に四方に階段のある十字形の寺院があったことがわかっている。基壇にはめこまれていた約2800点もの素焼き粘土板の浮彫はパーラ朝美術の貴重な資料。この遺跡は1985年，世界文化遺産に登録。

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