This site previously called Salbon "Rajar Bari" came out after archaeological excavation
as a Buddhist Monastery and hence termed as Salbon Bihara. From terracotta seals and copper
Plates discover here its original name is supposed to have been Vhaba Deva Mahavihara after the
4th king of the early Deva Dynasty which ruled this region during mid 7th to mid 8th century A.D.
The large Square Monastery of 550 feet sides with 115 monastic Cells, a dominent central shrine
and a number of subsidiary shrine, stupas and chapels, provides access through its monumental
gateway on the north.While the central shrine revealed six building phases and the monastery four. the 1st and 2nd phases of the central shrine remains buried under the ruins of the 3rd 4th and 5th periods but the remains of the 6th have been removed form the top. the cruciform central shrine of third period built with the monastery as a single complex. The large assemblage of valuable antiquities recovered from excavation in the site and now housed in the museum are of great importance in as such as those contribute significantly to our knowledge of ancient Vanga Samatata, covering a period of about seven hundred years from 6th to 13th century A.D.
