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Sonargaon
is
the
ancient
capital
of
Isa
Khan's
kingdom
in
Bengal.
It
is
located
near
the
current-day
city
of
Narayanganj,
Bangladesh.
The
great
Muslim
traveler
Ibn
Battuta
visited
it
in
the
14th
century.
It
is
the
eastern
terminus
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Road,
which
was
built
by
Sher
Shah
Suri
in
the
16th
century,
and
which
extends
approximately
2500
kilometres
across
northern
India
and
Pakistan
to
Peshawar
in
Pakistan's
North-West
Frontier
Province. |
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Historic
places |
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Sonargaon's
`Lok
Shilpa
Jadughar',
was
a
part
of
Isa
Khan's
capital.
•
The
Panam
City
was
the
center
of
the
upper-middleclass
people
of
19th
century
Sonargaon.
It
is
now
in
ruins.
Mainly
Hindu
cloth
merchants
lived
here.
•
Musa
Khan's
Masjid,
the
Mosque
beside
the
grave
of
Dr.
Muhammad
Shahidullah
in
Shahidullah
Hall
of
the
University
of
Dhaka
is a
marked
work
and
it
is
said
that
the
Mosque
was
made
by
Isa
Khan
or
son
of
him,
Musa
Khan.
•
The
Fort
of
Hajiganj
was
the
main
tactical
fort
of
Isa
Khan
in
front
of
Meghna,
Shitalakhya
and
Brahmaputra.
Now
at
Narayanganj.
It
is
saved
by
the
authority.
•
There
is
another
sister
concern
of
the
fort
across
the
river,
few
miles
away. |
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