[2] In 935 CE, Srichandra, a ruler of the Chandra dynasty of south-east Bengal, issued a copperplate known as the Chandrapur Shasana (Paschimbhag inscription) granting lands in the Shrihatta division for nine adjacent monasteries which subsequently became a single institution.

According to historians, the Upadhyay or vice chancellor of the first monastery, Pratibaddha Chandra, was a scholar of Chandragomin (Chāndra) grammar.

[2] Chaturvedas, Hindu Shastra, Kauṭilya's Arthashastra,[5] Hetuvidya, medicine, astrology, surgery, metallurgy, and phonetics were included in the curriculum.

[2] The other lands were distributed among: ten students, five partial brahmins for their meals, one brahmin cook, astrologer, kayastha or writer, four malakaras, two tailikas, two potters, five kahlikas, two conch players, two drummers, eight Dragarhikas, 22 karmakaras or laborers, souters (shoemaker), two sutradharas or carpenters, two architects and two blacksmiths.

[3][4] Kamalakanta Gupta, a decipherer of the Paschimbhag inscription,[3] researcher Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Jadunath Sarkar, and Muhammed Sadique, chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission, mentioned the existence of Chandrapur.

[2] On the other hand, Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod, translator of the Nidhanpur copperplate inscription, claimed that Chandrapur was situated somewhere in the Habiganj District.

[2] In July-August 2020, the Archaeological Department of Bangladesh began a land survey estimating at least one monastery to be situated at Dighirpar of the Sagornal Union in Juri, Moulvibazar district.

[6] The decipherer of the Paschimbhag inscription, Kamalakanta Gupta, published an article titled "Newly Obtained Ancient (Paschimbhag) Copperplate Inscription of Maharaja Srichandra" (মহারাজা শ্রীচন্দ্রের নবলব্ধ প্রাচীন (পশ্চিমভাগ) তাম্রশাসন) in 1962 where he expressed his conjecture about the city of Chandrapur or Srichandrapur, the center of Chandrapur Vishaya (second-level administrative division) where the district administrator (Vishayapati) lived.

[9] For this reason, the Archaeological Department plans to resurvey at the Sagornal of Juri, the Paschimbhag of Rajnagar and the Kamala Ranir Dighi in Kulaura in the dry season.

[4] This is because the Buddhist king, Srichandra, granted lands in Paschimbhag in the name of Buddha for nine Brahmin monasteries where the Chaturvedas were mainly taught.

Kamalakanta Gupta referred to this grant as "unique among other Buddhist kings" since it implies Srichandra's favouritism towards Brahmins.