JOLAIBARI, March 15 (TIWN): Pilak is one of those tourist spots in Tripura, which can become the centre for Tripura tourists, but till day the place is suffering from heavy negligence.

The Pilak village at Jolaibari is known as Buddhists-den, where like Ajanta-Illora Buddhists were probably running institutions.

 Infact from each places, houses the monuments are found, but the whole area is destroying in negligence.

However, 2 more idols have been found at Pilak village by the locals.

The Pilak site was actually a part of Samatat kingdom of ancient Bengal, now mostly Noakhali and Comilla districts of Bangladesh opposite to Tripura. The area found mention in the writings of Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang who travelled this area during 637-39 AD. Seventy years later one more Chinese pilgrim Tsen Chi described that Buddhism had by then become the main religion of the region where at least 4000 Buddhist monks used to run several institutions.

In fact, copper plate issued by Maharaja Bainygupta in 507-8 AD found at Comilla stated that Buddhist Mahayana sect were allotted land.