5th octagonal mound discovered in Nateshwar

One more octagonal mound has been discovered at Nateshwar village in Tongibari upazila of Munshiganj.

Professor Sufi Mostafizur Rahman, executive director of Oitihya Anweshan, disclosed the matter in a press conference on Saturday.

With this, five octagonal mounds have been discovered at Nateshwar village. Three more octagonal mounds are yet to be discovered, he said.

The 5thcmound has been discovered after about 5 months of excavation. Each mound represents the basic eightfold path of Buddhism, he further said.

According to experts, the mound reflects the original eightfold path of Buddhism.

The eightfold path is -- honest vision, honest words, honest deeds, honest livelihood, honest thinking, proper consciousness, honest meditation practice.