Legends call it Behular Basor Ghar (Bridal Chamber of Behula)! But its actual name is Gokul Medh, which was in fact a temple-cum-monastery during the Palas and the Senas.

Govinda Bhitta, one of the attractions of the combination of Mahasthangarh shrines, on the bank of the Karatoa river.

A potentially great place of Jagaddl Vihara located at frontier area of tribal Santan concentration in Naogaon district. The main shrine as well as all other surrounding mounds need excavation to unearth the history of 10-12th centuries.

Many an invaluable collections are put on display in the tiny Mahasthangarh Museum.

Artifacts are kept in a messy condition inside the storeroom beside Mahasthangarh Museum.

North gate of Mahasthangarh citadel. This was also an anchorage place beside the Karatoa when the river and the reign were very youthful.

Is it really a paddy field! Still, this is an archaeological site, yet to be excavated. The area adjacent to Mahasthangarh remains unprotected too.

The garden in front of Sompur Maha Vihara (great monastery) at Paharpur in Naogaon district.

Terracotta scattered on the floor at the storeroom of the Museum at Paharpur.

About one thousand year-old terracotta at the side walls of the Paharpur Vihara.

The panorama of Sompur Maha Vihara, country's one of the two cultural sites of UNESCO's World Heritage.

A French expert sitting in a cell at one side of the Paharpur Vihara to see the preservation management of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A view of the top front side of the Sompur Maha Vihara, Paharpur.

This is a mound called Suradighi, which is located in the vicinity of Mahasthangarh. Its temple-like shape indicates potential findings if it is excavated, according to archaeologists.

Khadiravani Tara, a black stone-made idol recovered from Jagaddal Vihara (Monastery) in Naogaon district, now finds her position at the Museum of Paharpur Vihara.

Experts visiting the Vasu Vihara, which, archaeologists say, is one of the group of monasteries in suburban area of ancient city of Mahasthangarh now in Borga district.