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Somapura Mahavihara
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1. ↑Team members were Md Ali Naqi, Ziaul Islam, Md. Shoeb Bhuiyan and Catherine Daisy Gomes
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed1. ↑Rahman, SS Mostafizur (2012). "Sitakot Vihara". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). _Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh_ (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗2. ↑English, Elizabeth (2002). _Vajrayogini: Her Visualization, Rituals, and Forms_. Wisdom Publications. p.15. ISBN0-86171-329-X.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed3. ↑Dutt, Sukumar (1988) First published 1962. _Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India: Their History and Their Contribution to Indian Culture_. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp.352–353. ISBN978-81-208-0498-2.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗4. Jump up to: 1Chowdhury, AM (2012). "Somapura Mahavihara". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). _Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh_ (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗5. ↑Ray, Niharranjan (1994). _History of the Bengali People (Ancient Period)_. Translated by Hood, John W. Orient Longman. pp.185, 331, 353. ISBN978-0-86311-378-9.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗6. ↑Dutt, Sukumar (1988) First published 1962. _Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India: Their History and Their Contribution to Indian Culture_. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. p.376. ISBN978-81-208-0498-2.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗7. ↑Asher, Frederick M. (1980). _The Art of Eastern India: 300 – 800_. University of Minnesota Press. p.15. ISBN978-1-4529-1225-7.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗8. ↑Dutt, Sukumar (1988) First published 1962. _Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India: Their History and Their Contribution to Indian Culture_. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. p.371. ISBN978-81-208-0498-2.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗9. ↑Singh, Sheo Kumar (1982). _History and Philosophy of Buddhism_. Delhi: Associated Book Agency. p.44. OCLC59043590.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗10. ↑Alam, A. K. M. Masud; Xie, Shucheng; Saha, Dilip Kumar; Chowdhury, Sifatul Quader (2007). "Clay mineralogy of archaeological soil: an approach to paleoclimatic and environmental reconstruction of the archaeological sites of the Paharpur area, Badalgacchi upazila, Naogaon district, Bangladesh". _Environmental Geology_. **53** (8). Springer: 1639–1650. doi:10.1007/s00254-007-0771-1. S2CID129426067.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗12. Jump up to: 1Dutt, Sukumar (1988) First published 1962. _Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India: Their History and Their Contribution to Indian Culture_. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. p.373. ISBN978-81-208-0498-2.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗ Additional / archive link ↗14. ↑Naqi, Md. Ali; Islam, Ziaul; Bhuyan, Md. Shoeb; Gomes, Catherine Daisy (1999), "The virtual reconstruction of Paharpur vihara", _Khulna University Studies_, **1** (1): 187–204, doi:10.53808/KUS.1999.1.2.187-204-se, ISSN1563-0897, S2CID253543061
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗ Additional / archive link ↗ Additional / archive link ↗15. ↑Reza, Mohammad Habib (2012). _Early Buddhist Architecture of Bengal: Morphological study on the vihāras of c. 3rd to 8th centuries_ (PhD). Nottingham Trent University.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗16. ↑Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur, UNESCO.
Consulted source in this editionSource / catalogue ↗17. ↑UNESCO Dhaka
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗18. ↑Article on Somapura Mahavihara, from Encyclopædia Britannica.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗19. ↑Bilu, Hasibur Rahman (25 April 2009). "World Heritage Site Left in Ruins". _The Daily Star_.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗20. ↑Bilu, Hasibur Rahman (15 December 2007). "Salinity and Neglect Ruin Paharpur Terracotta". _The Daily Star_.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗21. ↑Reza, Mohammad Habib; Rahman, Athena (2026). Niglio, Olimpia; Singh, Rana P. B. (eds.). "Re-establishing the Sacredness of Somapura Mahavihara: A New Contextual Heritage Management of a Buddhist Sacred Land". _EdA Esempi di Architettura_. **13** (2). Aracne editrice.
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