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Keywords: Part of the Interior of the City of Dacca.jpg en This building was ereacted as a way of recording the height of the floodwaters in Dhaka during the monsoon season It sits in the middle of a pool surrounded on three sides by a brick terrace with its fourth side open to a watercourse or nullah The pool was used by small boats as a shelter during storms James Atkinson's descriptive text is sceptical about the accuracy of this Ganges-ometer In the foreground are the ruins of a footbridge This etching is taken from plate 18 of Charles D'Oyly's 'Antiquites of Dacca' 2014-03-04 04 07 57 http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/largeimage69033 html The British Library Charles D'Oyly Custom license marker 2014 03 03 PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Sir Charles D'Oyly 7th Baronet Dhaka in the 19th century
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