Sonargaon
Sonargaon (Bangla: সোনারগাঁও; the name has also been transcribed as Sunārgāon[1] ) 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 Sonargaon in the 14th century. It is thought that when a squadron of the Chinese fleet of Zheng He, commanded by the eunuch Hong Bao, visited Bengal in 1432, they visited Sonargaon as well. The information about that expedition comes from the book of one of its participants, the translator Ma Huan.[1]
Sonargaon is the eastern terminus of the Grand Trunk Road, which was built by Sher Shah Suri, extended approximately 2500 kilometres from Bangladesh across northern India to Peshawar in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province.
Historic places
- Sonargaon's Lok Shilpa Jadughar (Folk Art and Craft Museum).
- Panam City was the center of the upper-middleclass people of 19th century Sonargaon. Mainly Hindu cloth merchants lived here. Panam City is closed to Folk Art and Craft Museum. When Mughal's conquered the Sonargaon in 1611, Panam City was linked with the main city area by three important bridges. Panam City still has these bridges. After the Indo-Pak war in 1965 and the Muslim-Hindu riot, Panam City has reduced into a vacant community. It is now in ruins.
Due to the many threats to preservation (including flooding and vandalism), Sonargaon is placed in 2008 Watch List of the 100 Most Endangered Sites by World Monuments Fund.
Food
Here you can get some delicious village food named gurer zilapi, murali, binni khoi, shwandesh, various kind of tasty cake etc.
Notable people
- Badrun Nessa Mansur, retired Vice Principal, Teachers Training College, Dhaka
See also
References
- ^ a b Barbosa, Duarte; Dames, Mansel Longworth (1996) [1918-1921], An Account Of The Countries Bordering On The Indian Ocean And Their Inhabitants; Written By Duarte Barbosa And Completed About The Year 1518 A.D. Vol 1: Including The Coasts Of East Africa, Arabia, Persia And Western India As Far As The Kingdom Of Vijayanagar. Vol. Ii: Including The Coasts Of Malabar, Eastern India, Further India, China And The Indian Archipelago., Asian Educational Services, pp. 138–139, ISBN 8120604512, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=edzW9fuOF-cC&pg=PA138
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