Tomb and mosque of Panch Pir, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards domed mosque, with ruins of brick structure in foreground. Described in Alexander Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in Bengal and Bihar in 1879-80' (ASI vol XV, Calcutta, 1882), p. 139: 'These are five small brick tombs arranged in one line on a...
Ruins of the Tomb of Ghias-ud-din Azam Shah, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Showing a heap of finely carved stones. This print is reproduced as a lithograph in J. Wise, 'Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal' (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874), plate VIII: 'This tomb has fallen to pieces. The iro...
Tomb and mosque of Khundar Muhammad Yusuf, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the domed mosque, with two tombs, with curved, Bengali-style eaves, off to the left. Described in J. Wise, 'Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal' (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874), p. 89: '...This l...
Old bridge, called Dullalpur pul, Painam, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography Brick-built bridge of three arches. Described in J. Wise, 'Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal' (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874), p. 91: 'Painam, although a most singular village, possesses few ancient buildings. Ther...
New Goaldih Mosque, known as Abdul Hamid's Masjid, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the mosque, a square building with a single, central dome. Mentioned in J. Wise, 'Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal' (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874), p. 92: 'In the division called Goaldih, which co...
Old Goaldih Mosque, known as the Puarana Masjid, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the mosque, in very ruinous state and largely covered by vegetation. Described in J. Wise, 'Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal' (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874), p. 92: 'About a hundred yards to the s...
Shamsher Khan's Tomb, Shamshernagar. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the domed tomb. 'About eight miles lower down the Soane from Dooadnugger there is a considerable village called Shamsheernugger, founded and named after a nephew of Dooad Khan, Shumsher Khan, and a very pleasing structure was built by him as his ...
General view from the north of Sher Shah Suri's Tomb, Sasaram. Photographer: Peppé, Thomas Fraser
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Genre: Architectural Photography Similar to print 2873, but a more distant view, giving a fuller view of the tank in which the tomb stands. India Museum no. 1092.