Following a hotel pick-up at 8 am, your first stop will be Salban Vihara in Mainamati.

This place is one of the best-known Buddhist viharas in the Indian Subcontinent and one of the most important archaeological sites in the country. At the end of the 8th century, King Shri Bhavadeva (Vobodev) made the “Salban Bihar” in this place. The digging started in the 80th decade. Many archaeological elements were found here. Most of them are kept in the Mainamati Museum now.

Mainamati Museum is next to Shalban Bihar. Many valuable antiquities were found during the excavations of Srivadava’s Mahavihara, Kotila Mura, Charpatra Mura, Rupbanmura, Itakhola Mura, Ananda Bihar, Rani’s Bangla, and Bhoj Raja’s Bari Bihar. To preserve and display these antiquities, a west-facing museum was set up in 1965 in front of Shalban Bihar on the south side of Shalban Bihar in Comilla Kotbari. Next to Mainamati Museum, you can see the traditional Buddhist Temple built a few years ago.

Visit Rupban Mura, an important archaeological site of Mainamati, lying on a hillock south of the Comilla-Kalirbazar road. The Cruciform Shrine Originally built as a solid stupa on a square base, it was subsequently converted into a semi-cruciform shrine in the second period (8th century A.D.).

As A Result Excavation, A Ground Plan Of An East Facing Buddhist Temple Has Been Exposed. Five Building Rebuilding Phases Have Been Found In The Temple. Besides This, the Remains of Small Vihare Have Been Exposed On the Northern Side of the Temple. Among The Discovered Antiquities Are 18 Tola Solid Gold or Silver Coin and A Copper Plate Is Noteworthy besides These A Bust Of Large Size Stucco Image Which Is Still Instu. In Consideration Of The Antiquities And Architectural Features, The Temple May Be Dated To the 7th to 12th Century A.D.

Mainamati’s Palace Mound is the largest and highest mound in the northern extremity of the ridge near Mainamati village. The site has been traditionally associated with the legendary Chandra Queen, Mainamati, mother of the last known Chandra King, Govinda Chandra, and is popularly regarded to have been the last seat of that dynasty.