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    The document summarizes the art and architecture of medieval Bengal during the Sultanate and Mughal periods. During the Sultanate period, religious buildings like mosques, tombs, and madrasas were constructed using stone with single or multiple domes. Notable examples included the Adina Mosque and tomb of Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah. Secular buildings included the citadel of Gaur. Under the Mughals, mosques, tombs, and temples were built, often in Dhaka and Murshidabad, with rectangular designs and three domes. Secular buildings incorporated forts and palaces such as the Bara Katra and Lalbagh Fort. Temple architecture combined Sultan

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    The document summarizes the art and architecture of medieval Bengal during the Sultanate and Mughal periods. During the Sultanate period, religious buildings like mosques, tombs, and madrasas were constructed using stone with single or multiple domes. Notable examples included the Adina Mosque and tomb of Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah. Secular buildings included the citadel of Gaur. Under the Mughals, mosques, tombs, and temples were built, often in Dhaka and Murshidabad, with rectangular designs and three domes. Secular buildings incorporated forts and palaces such as the Bara Katra and Lalbagh Fort. Temple architecture combined Sultan

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    The document summarizes the art and architecture of medieval Bengal during the Sultanate and Mughal periods. During the Sultanate period, religious buildings like mosques, tombs, and madrasas were constructed using stone with single or multiple domes. Notable examples included the Adina Mosque and tomb of Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah. Secular buildings included the citadel of Gaur. Under the Mughals, mosques, tombs, and temples were built, often in Dhaka and Murshidabad, with rectangular designs and three domes. Secular buildings incorporated forts and palaces such as the Bara Katra and Lalbagh Fort. Temple architecture combined Sultan

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    Bangladesh Culture

    and
    Heritage
    Art and Architecture
    of
    Medieval Bengal

    Presented By
    Tasnim Mahmud Rana
    Medieval Period of Bengal divided into
    two parts.

    1. Sultanate Period
    2. Mughal Period
    SULTANATE ARCHITECTURE:

    • Religious Buildings
    • Secular Buildings
    Religious Buildings
    • Mosques

    • Tombs
    • Madrasas
    Mosques
    Adina Mosque (1375)
    Shat Gambuj Mosque
    Nine-domed Mosque
    Ranavijoypur Mosque
    Baba Adams Mosque at Rampal
    Darasbari Masjid
    Bara Sona and Chota Sona Masjid
     Baba Adams Mosque at Rampal
    Tombs
    Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Azam
    Shah
    (c. 1410)

    Eklakhi Mausoleum at Gaur


    (1413-42)

    Tomb of Khan-i-Jahan (c.


    1459) at Bagerhat
     Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
    Madrasas
    Darasbari Madrasa at Gaur
    (Chanpainawabgonj, 1504)

    Bagha Madrasa at Rajshahi

    Qadam Rasul (1531) at Gaur

     Qadam Rasul Mosque at Gaur


    Secular Buildings
    Citadal of Gaur and its
    Gateways (1435-59)

     Citadal of Gaur and its Gateways


    General Characteristics
    Mostly religious monuments.
    Built with veneered stone.
    Single-domed, multi-domed,
    rectangular multi-domed, chau-chala.
    Roof were curvilinear.
    Terracotta plaques of vegetal design.
    Secular architecture made with
    heavy walls and terracotta plaques.
    MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE

    • Religious Buildings
    • Secular Buildings
    Religious Buildings
    Mosques

    Tombs

    Temples
    Mosques
     Atiya Masjid at Tangail

     Sat Masjid (late 17th c.)

     Khawaja Ambar’s Mosque (1680)

     Kartalab Khan’s Mosque (1700-04)

     Khan Muhammad Mirdha’s

    Mosque (1706)
     Atiya Masjid at Tangail
     Dhandmondi Idgah at Dhaka
    Tombs
    Tomb of Bibi Pari (c. 1684)

    Dara Begum’s Tomb (late 17th c.)

    Tomb of Haji Khawaja Shahbaz (1679)


    at Dhaka

     Tomb of Haji Khawaja


    Shahbaz at Dhaka
    Temples
     Dhakeswary Temple
     Joy-Bangla Temple at Pabna
    (early 17th c.)
     Kantanagar Temple at
    Dinajpur (1752)

     Kantanagar Temple at Dinajpur


    Secular Buildings
     Bara Katra (1644)

     Chhoto Katra (1663)

     Lalbagh Fort (1678)

     Zinjira Fort (late 17th c.) at Dhaka

     Sonakanda Fort (mid 17th c.)

     Hajiganj Fort (mid 17th c.)

    at Narayenganj  Sonakanda Fort at Narayenganj

     Idraqpur Fort (1660) at Munshiganj


    General Characteristics
     Mosque
    Veneered with bricks
    Most of the Mughal monuments are seen
    in Dhaka and Murshidabad
    Mosque were rectangular and three
    domed
    Mihrabs inside the back walls
    Pillars are built with bricks
     Temple
    Temples are interesting. They combine both the
    features of the Sultani style with its curvilinear
    form of cornice and terracotta ornamentation and
    the Mughal plaster-covered surface with four-
    centered arches of engrailed design.

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