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Paharpur is an important archaeological site situated in a village named 'Paharpur' in Naogaon district of northern Bangladesh. Naogoan is mainly plain land but in the middle of it stood hill covered with jungle. When the jungle was cleared and the hill excavated, there emerged a lofty ruin of an ancient temple. The temple is about 24 meter high from the surrounding level. 'Pahar' means hill. Hence is the name Paharpur. The Paharpur site has been excavated and re-excavated a number of times by archaeologists. Sir Alexander visited the place in 1879. Cunningham intended to carry out an extensive excavation but was prevented by the land owner. Nevertheless, he was satisfied with whatever excavation he was permitted to carry out. The site was declared to be protected by the Archaeological Survey of India in 1919 under the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904.
ystematic and regular excavation started jointly by Archaeological Survey of India, and Varendra Research Society of Rajshahi and Kolkata (at that time known as Calcutta) University in 1923. They excavated the south-west corner of the monastery. Next in 1925 -26, R D Banerjee excavated the northern part of the central mound. From 1926-27onward excavation was carried out under the supervision of KN Dikshit.
The Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh brought the site under further excavation after independent. The operations took place in two phases. The first phase was initiated in 1981-82 and continued to 1984-1985. The second phase was started in 1988-89 and continued to 1990-91.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. ( সর্বোওম উওরটি বাছাই কর ।)
a. Who precented an extensive excavatio? (ব্যাপক খনন কাজে কে বাধা দিয়েছিলেন?)
i. Sir Alexander
ii. Cunningham
iii. the land owner
iv. the people
b. -------declared Paharpur to be protected. (-------ঘোষণা দেয় পাহাড়পুর সংরক্ষিত করা হবে।)
i . Varendra Research Society
ii. Th Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh
iii. All
iv. The Archaeological Survey of India
2. Answer the following questions.(নিম্নলিখিত প্রশ্নগুলোর উওর দাও ।)
a. Where is Paharpur? (পাহাড়পুর কোথায়?)
b. Which department brought the site under further excavation after independent? ( কোন বিভাগ স্বাধীনতার পর আবার স্থানটি খনন কার্যের আওতায় আনলেন?)
c. What did expenditions reveal? (অভিযানে কী প্রকাশ পেল?)
d. When was Somapura Mahavihar built? (সোমাপুরা মহাবিহার কখন নির্মিত হয়েছিল?)
e. What did Cunningham find when he was digging the Paharpur site? ( যখন পাহাড় স্থানটির খনন কাজ চলছিল, তখন কানিংহাম কী দেখতে পেলেন?)
