The brick monasteries of the Lalmai and Mainamati ridge at Comilla: Shalban Vihara, Ananda Vihara, Kotila Mura and the old city of Devaparvata (board).
Built by the Deva and Chandra kings of Samatata, they were active Buddhist houses into the twelfth century. The campaign board has them "secure" for the Senas; we put them with the independent local line at Pattikera. A folk tradition of the Nath yogis (the story of Mainamati and Gopichandra) is also attached to the ridge.
Who holds it
- Name
- not named
- Title
- Abbots under the local king
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
What it holds
- The ridge monasteries and their estates
How things stand that morning
Standing in the lee of the Sena realm, no raid near.
Places of note
- Ananda Vihara: Monastery.
- Kotila Mura: Stupa group.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Board; the folk tradition from general knowledge.
On the map: A small disc for the house and its home villages; the granted villages lay scattered.
Primary sources for Samatata and Pattikera
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Inscriptions of Bengal, vol. 3, Various (the Sena kings' chanceries), edited by N. G. Majumdar (copper plates of the 10th to early 13th centuries; edited 1929). The one-volume edition of the Sena copper plates, the main documentary evidence for Bengal around 1200. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.