The erstwhile part of India before Independence, Bangladesh, have some Hindu temples. Recently, a millennium-old Hindu temple discovered by Archaeologists in northwestern Bangladesh.

According to the media reports, a temple belonging to the period of Pala dynasty was discovered by the team of archaeologists led by Professor Swadhin Sen of Jahangirnagar University. The lead professor has said that the temple might have built in between 8th and 9th century in Bochaganj area of Dinajpur.

Actually farmers found some archaeological relics while preparing a piece of land for cultivation, and then they have informed the university's archaeology team, which was engaged in another excavation in a nearby area.

Prof Sen said that they have observed some terracotta plaques from a trench and the solid objects on the walls surrounding the temple were overly burnt. Another researcher said that they had detected idols and staircase of the temple and "we are working to dig those out".

Some months ago, the same team unearthed a Buddhist temple built around the same time at the nearby Basudevpur village, the central edifice of which was built on a platform of 45 metres.

The excavated temple would be of centuries old from the Dhakeshwari Temple, which is the national temple of Bangladesh. The country's capital Dhaka was named after this 12th century temple, which was built by Ballal Sen during the Sen Dynasty.

-Kannamsai