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In pictures: Darasbari Mosque in Gaur, the old Capital of Bengal

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Gaur. Tantipara Mosque. 1860's Photo

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Dackhul Durwazah, Gaur.
1870

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Ruined mosque, Gaur. 1870

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'The small Golden Mosque at Gaur.' From 'Views at Gaur', six aquatints by James Moffat after Henry Creighton, published by Moffat in Calcutta 1808.

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Kuddam Rassul, Gaur. 1870

Photograph of the Qadam Rasul mosque in Gaur. This mosque was built by Nusrat Shah in 1530 on top of relics supposedly belonging to Muhammed. It houses a representation of the prophet’s footprint which was found on a stone brought from Medina. The exterior of the building is highly decorated with the repeated motif of a hanging lamp.

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Ruins of a bridge [Gaur]. 1817

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Gaur. Corridor of Golden Mosque. 1860

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Gaur. Small Golden Mosque, 1860

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@Braith, thank you very much for uploading so many beautiful photographs of now ruined old mosques in Gaur.
 
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