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Shalvan Vihara is an important archaeological site in Mainamati, Bangladesh that contains the remains of a large 167.6m square Buddhist monastery from the 7th-12th centuries AD. Excavations have revealed four phases of repair and rebuilding of the monastery and its central shrine. The central shrine began as a cruciform structure in the 7th-8th century but took on a more oblong, Hindu temple-like form in the 9th-10th centuries. Other structures found at the site include smaller shrines, stupas, and building
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