Archaeological site, Cumilla
Itakhola Muraইটাখোলা মুড়া
- Time needed
- Half an hour.
- best months
- Oct–Mar
- Cost
- Free.
Across the road from Rupban Mura: a stupa complex and monastery on three terraces of the hillside, named for the brick kilns that once quarried it, with a gold-filled relic chamber found in the digs.
At a glance
- Layout
- Stupa and monastery on three terraces
About
Itakhola means brick-field: for centuries the mound was mined for its old bricks before archaeologists reached it. What remains is a large stupa on a high plinth, rebuilt five times, with a monastery to its north and a line of smaller stupas, all stepping up the slope. A relic casket with gold was found in the main stupa; a bronze Buddha came from a cell.
With Rupban it makes a quiet pair on the western side of the ridge, a few minutes from Shalban.
Getting there: Kotbari road, opposite Rupban Mura.
Things to do
- Climb to the top terrace for the view back over Kotbari.
Good to know
- Combine with Rupban and Shalban in one morning.
