I visited Paharpur last month, May, 2010.

Points that I felt should be in highlights are:

1) In one of the sides of the site, there was no wall, rather a barbwire fence only.

2) On the other side, where there was the wall, I felt walls around sites like these could have more of the archaeological kind of look. It would preserve the ambience of the place in a much better way.

3) This place very happening in its time. But, its story is told in two mere black and white signboards. They were more like giving information than the story.

What happened in each of those areas, what exactly could have been there inside the main high building, I wish I could find. I wanted to know what used to happen in each of the specific areas in that huge premise, where the monks used to sit, where new ones were taught and more.

4) This was once a very sacred place to Buddhist people and climbing an archaeological monument like this would be prohibited in almost any country of the world. But here, I found no sign telling not to climb to the top of the monument (as opposed to what I saw in another vihara at mainamati in Bangladesh, which is a tentative WHS) and many people were, indeed, climbing up to the top.

5) I wanted to know what the terracota figures actually depicted but could seemed to know details.

However, It still was a very beautiful place, only that it could be so much more...