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Shalban Bihar
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Shalban Bihar is an archaeological site in Cumilla, Bangladesh. The ruins are in the middle of the Lalmai hills ridge, and these are of 7th-century Paharpur-style Buddhist viharas with 115 cells for monks. It operated through the 12th century.

Excavations have revealed many archaeological artifacts dated to between the 7th and 12th centuries. Most of them are kept in the Mainamati Museum now.

There are a series of hillocks, where the Northern part is called Mainamati and the Southern part is called Lalmai. Shalbon Bihar is in the Middle of Lalmai and Mainamati, which was established in the 8th century by Deva dynasty presently called Shalbon Bihar. It was one of the famous Buddhist Monasteries in the region of that time.