Charpatra mura,comilla

Location: Kotbari, Comilla.
Time Scale: 10th century A.D
History:
The ruins of Charputro Mura were detected while constructing the Comilla Cantonment in the year 1956 A.D and it was then protected by the Dept. of Archaeology and Museum. Excavation work was undertaken by them in that year and as a result the ruins of a very valuable ancient monument were discovered. This place was named ‘Charpatra Mura’ (the mound of four foils or inscription) because four copper plate grants were discovered form the ruins.
Description:
Charpatra Mura is one of the most ancient Hindu temple architecture in Bangladesh and it is quite different from the other temple has been found in this region. The ruins shows that the ancient temple running from east to west, had a measurement of 31.51m/16.66m.
The east facing temple had a large hall room to the west which was the main cella or sanctum of the shrine. A covered passage provides the only entrance to the cella from the large hall room in the east. There were two very narrow passages from the circumlocutory passage around the hall and the cella into the veranda in front. There were four valuable copper plates along with a bronze relic-casket also found during excavation.
Communication:
Charpatra Mura is situated on the top of a low hillock about 2.4 kilometers to the north-west of the Kotila Mura and it is situated in the cantonment area. You can take a bus from Dhaka to Comilla. After reaching
Comilla, the centre is Kandirpar Circle. From Kandirpar Circle you can take a tempo or hire your own CNG to reach Kotbari.