It is believed that there are about 2,500 archaeological sites in Bangladesh. As of June 2016, 452 archaeological sites have been found in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Archeology Department maintains these archaeological sites. Likewise, let us know about some of the famous archaeological sites in our country.
Ahsan Manzil: The founder of Ahsan Manzil, Nawab Abdul Ghani, this Purana is located on the banks of Buriganga river in Islampur of Dhaka. Construction of the building of 1859 began and ended in 1872. Nawab Abdul Ghani named the building according to his son Ahsan Manzil. This building witnessed many historic events, such as in 1906, a meeting of the Muslim League was formed in a meeting held in this building. The building is currently being used as a museum.
Wari Bateswar: Wari Bateswar, an archaeological site located in Belab Upazila of Narsingdi, is just 70 kilometers away from Dhaka. The castle located on the grounds is about 2,500 years old.
Kantaji Temple: 20 km from Dinajpur town and seven kilometers away from Karol Upazila Sadar union, in the west of the Dinajpur-Tentulia highway, on the bank of the river Dendampa, is an ancient temple Kantaji Temple. It was also known as the Nabaratna Temple due to the nine stories of the three-story temple or gem.
Paharpur: An ancient Buddhist monastery that is currently destroyed in Paharpur Buddhism. It is also known as Sompur Bihar or Somapura Mahavihara. Shri Dharmapala Dev, the second king of the Palais, was making this monastery in the ninth century. In 1879, Sir Cunningham discovered it. In 1985 UNESCO gave it the status of the World Heritage Site. Paharpur can be called the world's biggest Buddhism
Barakuthi: The name of the oldest building in the Rajshahi region of Bangladesh is Barakuthi. According to different sources, it is believed that the construction of Barakuthi in the first half of the eighteenth century. The first Dutch or Dutch had a business center. In the beginning of the nineteenth century, when the Dutch decided to withdraw their activities in India and in 1814 an agreement was signed with the British to transfer all the business centers of India to the East India Company.
Mahasthangarh: The eastern name of Mahasthangarh located in Shibganj upazila of Bogra district was Pundravardhana or Pundranagar which is one of the earliest archaeological heritage of Bangladesh. At one time it was the capital of Bengal. There are many signs of Maurya, Gupta, Pala, and Sena empire found here.
Sonargaon: Sonargaon is an administrative center run under the Muslim rulers of Bengal. Sonargaon is an upazila of Narayanganj district, just 27 kilometers away from Dhaka. It is widely believed that this place was broadly surrounded by the Meghna, the Shitalakshya in the west, the Dhaleshwari in the south and the Brahmaputra on the north.