MAKE A MEME View Large Image The Great Kuttra, Dhaka (1823).jpg en This etching is derived from plate 6 of Charles D'Oyly's 'Antiquities of Dacca' The Bara Katra Great Quadrangle Building is situated on the eastern bank of the River Buriganga near the centre of Dhaka ...
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Keywords: The Great Kuttra, Dhaka (1823).jpg en This etching is derived from plate 6 of Charles D'Oyly's 'Antiquities of Dacca' The Bara Katra Great Quadrangle Building is situated on the eastern bank of the River Buriganga near the centre of Dhaka city It was built by Abul Qasim in 1664 as a caravanserai or resting-place for merchants and their camel trains The word katra is probably derived from the Arabic for cupola but similar words in Persian meaning tent or pavilion and Sanskrit meaning umbrella also exist In front of it lay a large cannon half-buried in the sand which became submerged by water during the rainy season Historian James Atkinson described the building with its high octagonal turrets as a stupendous pile of grand and beautiful architecture 1823 http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000628u00006000 html The British Library D'Oyly Sir Charles 1781-1845 PD-Art PD-old-100 1845 Bangladesh Uploaded with UploadWizard Old vintage photographs of Bangladesh Historical images of Dhaka Sir Charles D'Oyly 7th Baronet Dhaka in the 19th century Bara Katra
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