The vast alluvial floodplain of North Bengal were a cradle of ancient Buddhist and Hindu Kingdoms that held away over the region for centuries. Excavations at Mahasthangar have revealed cultural layers dating back to the third century BC. Descriptions of the area reached as far as Greece and China. Hiuen Tsiang, a Chinese traveller who visited Mahasthangar between 638 645 AD, described an earlier visit to the city by the Buddha. Ashoka, the great Mauryan emperor (250 BC), built a stupa in Mahasthangar to commemorate a relic left there by the Buddha. During the first several centuries after Christ many kingdoms- some Buddhist, others Hindu flourished, then decayed. In the mid- eighth century the people, tired of anarchy, raised to the throne an indigenous chief named Gopala. He began the famous Pala dynasty, whose kings ruled the lower Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys for more than three hundred years. The Pala kings were great patrons of art and learning. Eventually the Bangla school of Buddhism spread north through Nepal to Tibet and south through Myanmar to Java. This trip will give you the experience of the treasure of North Bengal that steals the attention of your camera.
Tour Feature
- Mahasthangar
- Sompura Vihara
- Halud Vihara
- Paharpur Museum
- Citadel
- Govindo Vita Hindu Temple
- Dinajpur Rajbari
- Armenian Church
- National Museum
- Kantanagar Temple
- Tajhat Palace
- Cruise on Brahmaputra
- Puthia
- Varendra Research Museum
- Indigo Kuthis
- Choto Sona Mosque
- Tahakhana Palace
- Kali Temple