Folk tradition ties this mound to Behula and Lakhindar from the Manasa tale, and most people still call it Behular Basar Ghar. Excavations in the 1930s found something different: a terraced base of 172 sealed brick cells, built from around the 7th century to carry a Buddhist shrine, with a temple added later. Climb the terraces for a view over the fields towards Mahasthangarh.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Free; a CNG auto-rickshaw from town costs about ৳250–350 return with waiting
How to get to Gokul Medh (Behula's bridal chamber)
In Gokul village, about 2 km south-west of Mahasthangarh and 11 km from Bogura. Easy to add to a Mahasthan trip by CNG auto-rickshaw.
Bogura town is about 200 km from Dhaka, around 5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Bogura guide.
More to see in Bogura
Photo: Zaheed Sarwer Khan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mahasthangarh মহাস্থানগড়
The walled citadel of Pundranagara, the oldest city yet found in Bangladesh, on the west bank of the Karatoya.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- Half a day
- Cost
- Ramparts free; museum ticket about ৳20–30 for Bangladeshis, more for foreigners; CNG from town about ৳300–400 return
Photo: Jubair1985, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vasu Vihara ভাসু বিহার
Foundations of two Buddhist monasteries and a shrine in open farmland west of Mahasthan, known locally as Narapatir Dhap.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free; a CNG from Mahasthan about ৳200–300 return
Photo: Biddut Khoshnobish, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Kherua Mosque খেরুয়া মসজিদ
A three-domed brick mosque from 1582 outside Sherpur, built in the first years of Mughal rule in Bengal and still used for prayer.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Free; bus from Bogura about ৳50, rickshaw about ৳30
Photo: Nahid.rajbd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Nawab Palace (Mohammad Ali Palace Museum) মোহাম্মদ আলী প্যালেস মিউজিয়াম
The Bogura Nawab family's town house beside the Karatoya, now a museum and park in the middle of the town.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Small entry fee; rickshaw from Satmatha about ৳30