Archeological Tours

( 11 Days / 10 Nights ) - Tour Package

Travel Packages Archeological Tours

Destination Covered

Dhaka - Khulna - Mahasthangarh - Dinajpur - Rajshahi - Dhaka

Day Wise Breakup

Day 1 - Dhaka

Beach activities, back to Dhaka
Night Halt at Dhaka

Day 2 - Dhaka-Khulna by Rocket Steamer

Leave Dhaka by the Rocket Steamer Service run by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC). At present, this service is open for 4 days a week (Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) from Dhaka, leaving at 1800 hours. On this trip, we shell provide first class cabin accommodation on the boat. Each cabin has twin bed. On this trip, the food is not included, but you can buy food from the restaurant on the boat. Please note that beer or hard liquor is not available in the restaurant. Overnight on the Paddle Steamer.

Day 3 - On Ship

You will spend this whole day on the boat enjoying the riverine beauty and the country side along the river ways. It arrives at Khulna in the evenings, but, at times, it runs late due to fog and tide. On arrival at Khulna our representative will receive and transfer you to a pre-booked hotel for overnight.

Day 4 - Khulna - BOGRA by Road

After an early breakfast, drive to Bagehot, the Islamic Metropolis for sightseeing. Here, you will explore on old mosque with a massive structure having sixty domes and you will also visit the area including some more mosques. Back to the hotel/motel for lunch. After lunch, Drive to BOGRA

Day 5 - BOGRA

After breakfast, you have to visit Mahastangarh-the archeological site, dating from 3rd century BC, which is about 13 KM north of Bogra, represents the earliest of city site in the whole of Bengal. It’s an impressive fortified city covering about 210,000 squire meters, most of which is still buried beneath the farmland. The citadel is encircled on three sites by artificial moats and by the Korotowa Rivere othe fourth. Night Halt at Bogra.

Mahasthangarh (Môhasthangôṛ) is the earliest urban archaeological site so far discovered in Bangladesh. The village Mahasthan in Shibganj thana of Bogra District contains the remains of an ancient city which was called Pundranagara or Paundravardhanapura in the territory of Pundravardhana. A limestone slab bearing six lines in Prakrit in Brahmi script, discovered in 1931, dates Mahasthangarh to at least the 3rd century BC. The fortified area was in use till the 18th century AD.

Together with the ancient and mediaeval ruins, the mazhar (holy tomb) of Shah Sultan Balkhi Mahisawar built at site of a Hindu temple is located at Mahasthangarh. He was a dervish (holy person devoted to Islam) of royal lineage who came to the Mahasthangarh area, with the objective of spreading Islam among non-Muslims. He converted the people of the area to Islam and settled there. Mahasthan means a place that has excellent sanctity and garh means fort. Mahasthan was first mentioned in a Sanskrit text of the 13th century entitled Vallalcharita.

Day 6 - Bogra - Paharpur - Dinajpur

After breakfast drive to Paharpur; to visit the famous Buddhist Stupa – dating from 8th Century. Paharpur is about 56 KM from Bogra. It has been identified from a series of inscribed clay seals as the Samapura Vihara from the great Pala Dynasty. Its the biggest single Vihara (Image House) south of the Himalayas, measuring approximately 273 Meters along each site and enclosed by an outer wall with 177 monastic Cells built into it. In the centre of the 09 Hector courtyards are the ruins of a mighty temple- which rises to a height of 22 meters –an unusual hillock giving the local village of Paharpur. The temple is cruciform in plan, built in high quality brick with thousands of Terracotta plaque depicting the art from of that period, whether, it be religious or secular, human or animal or mythological or purely an artist’s whim. Somapura was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Since then, a series of UNESCO missions has regularly visited the site and helped with the project. Moreover, the UN body also prepared a master plan, involving 5.6 million dollars. Night Halt at DINAJPUR

Day 7 - Dinajpur - Naogaon - Rajshahi

After breakfast, visit Kantaji Temple.

Kantaji Temple is a late medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1722 C.E. and ended in 1752 C.E., during the reign of his son Maharaja Ramnath. It boasts one of the greatest examples on Terracotta architecture in Bangladesh and once had nine spires, but all were destroyed in an earthquake that took place in 1897

After visit, the ancient Hindu Temple, drive to Rajshahi. One the way, you have to visit Kusumba Mosque.

Kusumba Mosque is named after the village of Kusumba, under the Manda upazila of Naogaon district, on the west bank of the Atrai river. It is inside a walled enclosure with a monumental gateway that has standing spaces for guards. It was built during the period of Afghan rule in Bengal under one of the last Suri rulers Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, by one Sulaiman who was probably a high ranking official. The inscription tablet in Arabic (only the word 'built by' is in Persian) dating the building to 966 AH (1558-59 AD) is fixed over its eastern central entrance. Although built during Suri rule, it is not influenced at all by the earlier Suri architecture of North India, and is well grounded in the Bengal style. The brick building, gently curved cornice, and the engaged octagonal corner towers are typical features. Night Halt at Rajshahi.

Day 8 - Rajshahi -Phuthia - Dhaka

After breakfast, visit Varendra museum. The Varendra Research Museum, one of the oldest museums in this subcontinent, is situated in the heart of Rajshahi city. Its library contains 22,000 printed books and journals and 6000 manuscripts in Bengali, Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian languages. The library has been moved from the Museum building to a new, modern structure. It was one of the first non government initiatives for building a museum by some enlightened people with Kumar Sarat Kumar Roy during the British era. This museum has a large collection of statues of Lord Surya and some unique masterpieces illustrating the history of the locality and its civilization on the way to Dhaka, you have to visit PUTHIA RAJBARI PALACE:

PUTHIA RAJBARI PALACE: more archaeological than architectural, it tells a different story about a 19th century palace almost stripped bare. Close to a desolate side street stands the towering Puthia Rajbari palace in the northwestern district of Rajshahi.

Day 9 - Dhaka - Moinamoti - Dhaka

After Breakfast, drive to the Archeological camp (via Dhaka) where the Salbon Vihar and the Museum are located. Excavated Buddhist remains of 8th/9th century, by King Buddhadev, are dotted all the way along the north – south running Lalmai – Moinamoti – hill range. From here the following adjacent sites you may also visit: Ananda Vihar, Charpatra Mura, Itakhola Mura, Rupban Mura, Kutila Mura and Triratna Stupa. Among these, the Ananda Vihara, the Charpatra Mura and the Kutila Mura.

We will drive back to Dhaka. On the way back, we will stop at Sonargaon, the oldest city, which was the capital of Bengal from 13th – 17th century for sight Seeing. If our time permits, we may visit the Folklore museum and the Panam village. Arrival Dhaka in the evening.

Day 10 - Dhaka

Full day Sight Seeing includes: Lalbagh Fort, Dhakeswari Temple, Central Shahi Minar, National Monument, Parliament House and Zia Uddayan etc. Free for Shopping and Night Halt.

Day 11 -

Transfer to Airport and Goodbye.

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Transfer to Airport and Goodbye.

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