Rohanpur Octagonal Tomb
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| Rohanpur Octagonal Tomb | |
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রহনপুর অষ্টভুজী সমাধিসৌধ | |
 Rohanpur Octagonal Tomb (Front View) | |
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| Alternative names | Rohanpur Gombuj |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Muslim Architecture |
| Location | Gombuj Para |
| Address | Rohanpur, Gomostapur |
| Town or city | Rajshahi |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 24°49′30″N 88°20′05″E / 24.824990°N 88.334647°E |
| Owner | Bangladesh Archaeological Department |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Brick, Mud |
| Known for | First Octagonal Building in Bengali Muslim Architectural History[1] |
Rohanpur Octagonal Tomb is located in the village of Naoda, which is far from about three kilometres to the northeast of the Rohanpur Railway station, in the Nawabganj district.[2] In this Rohanpur-Nauda area this building is the only extant monument. The adjoining villages of Pirpur, Bhagalpur, Prasadpur and Qasba, stayed close to the junction of the Mahananda and the Punarbhava have contained evidence of archaeological remains with a good number of mounds and ponds along with numerous brick-bats and potsherds.[3][2]
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- ^ Chattergee, Rajanikanto (January 1999). "Naoda". History of Gour (PDF). Calcutta: Dev Publishing. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- ^ a b Bari, MA (2012). "Rohanpur Octagonal Tomb". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Historical Place". ChapaiPortal.
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