The great stupa of the Somapura Mahavihara, Paharpur
Since it has lost the upper part, it gives an impression of a mountainous pile of bricks.
The horizontal walls of its podiums are covered with 2,000 terra-cotta carved panels. file:///C:/Users/kamiy/Documents/01%20Homepage/17_world/28_paharpur/shrine.jpg




The Vicramashila Mahavihara in Antichak, West Bengal
( From "The Art of Eastern India, 300-800" by Frederick M. Asher, 1980 )
Stupa of Vikramashîla Mahâvihâra, General view from north, Antichak, West Bengal


PLAN of the Vicramashila Mahavihara in Antichak
( From "Mikkyo Bijutu no Genzou" 1982, Houzoukan, Tokyo )