Adina Mosque
- Location- Long: 88°09’51” E, Latitude: 25°09’9″ N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 80-Mis, Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
This mosque was the largest mosque in medieval times not only in Bengal but also in the whole of the subcontinent. It was, according to an inscription at its back wall, built in 1373 CE by Sikandar Shah, son of Ilyas Shah. Sultan Sikandar Shah, the second sultan of Ilyas Shahi dynasty, declared himself to be the ‘most perfect of the sultans of Arabia and Persia’ in 1369 ad. It is a quadrangular building consisting of cloisters, which surround a central area of the same form. It extends 507.5 ft from north to south and 285.5 ft from east to west. On the east side, through which the building is entered by an insignificant door, the cloisters are 38 feet wide, and have 3 aisles. A beautiful ornamental piece of architecture within the nave to its northwest corner and on the right side of the principal mihrab is the stone pulpit.
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TheTower of Nimasarai
Location- Longitude- 88°09’51” E, Latitude: 25°09’9″N
Locality- Nimasarai
Dis-Malda
Gazette no. BG, 80-MIS, Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
Nima in Persian means half way and Sarai translates to inn. The inn also had a tower, which guided travellers travelling between Gour-Pandua. Probably during the night lighted lanterns were placed on the top to guide travellers. It is said that the tower, reportedly built by Akbar in 16th century, used to have elephant tusks mounted on its outer walls. According to legend the entire outer surface of the tower was studded with elephant tusks. This could have been purely for an ornamental basis but according to some historians, the tusks were used for hanging the heads of executed criminals as a sign of warning to the pirates and dacoits. The top section of the tower has long collapsed and the elephant tusks have long been replaced with wooden spikes. Only two lower storeys of the brick-built stands to this day rising to a height of 18 m. The storeys are marked by a projecting cornice and tower has a slightly tapering shape. The minar stands on an octagonal base. A spiral staircase inside the minar leads up to the top. There are shafts allowing the wind and light to come in.
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Two Stone Pillar
Location- Long: 88°08’04” E, Latitude: 24°44’03” N
Locality- Gaur
Dis- Malda
Gazette no. BG, 80-Misc- Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
Two Ornate Stone Pillar Of Gaur Is A Part Of The Citadel City Of Gaur. Their Structure And Desing Bear A Striking Resemblance To The Stone Columns Of The Baradwari Mosque. It Is Speculated That These Pillars Were Once A Part Of The Mosque, Although Nobody Knows When Or Why They Were Removed From Their Original Setting. They Were Probably Later Used To Tie Elephants And Hence Common People Refer To The Pillars As “hathi Bandha Tham”.
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Bhita of Chandsadagar
Location- Long: 88°08’36” E, Latitude: 24°51’39″N
Locality- Gaur
Dis- Malda
Gazette no. BG, 197-T. G Dated-26.04.1913
Brief Description
It is a mound with a large number of stone pillars scattered throughout. The remains seem to indicate a square pillared corridor enclosing a courtyard. Trial trenching has shown the existence of structural activity mainly in brick of different periods. During the trial trench exquisitely ornamental stone pillar having decorative Hindu motifs in relief with a miniature of Rekha temple and fragmentary stela contains lotus creepers and a hunter of a Gajavyala motif assignable to the 10th-11th AD have been found. As gaur is often referred to as Lakshmanavati i.e., the capital of the Senas before the advent of the Muslims. Besides this, the pillars scattered at the mound have ornamental features indicative of Hindu affiliations. Therefore, the mound appears to retain vestiges of Pre-Muslim period occupations.
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Eklakhi Mousoleum
Location- Long: 88°08’04” E, Latitude: 24°44’03” N
Locality- Pandua
Dis- Malda
Gazette no. BG, 80-MISC – Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
This brick building, with a single lofty dome was possibly built by raja Ganesh during 1412 CE to 1415 CE. Its name is due to the tradition that it costs a lakh rupee. It measures 23.9 m by 22.7 m. The external walls are ornamented by curved tiles. Its interior is an octagon which is only lighted through the four doors, one on each side. There are three graves inside. One tomb is that of Jalaluddin, the son of raja Ganesh and the other two belong to Jalaluddin’s wife and son. As per the reference, the western tomb which is the highest, is that of sultan Jalaluddin, in the east, second one is of his son sultan Ahmad shah and the middle one is the tomb of his wife. The architecture of this building is of the Indo-Saracenic style
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Qutub Shahi Mosque
Location- Long: 88°09’12” E, Latitude: 25°08’19” N
Locality- Pandua
Dis- Malda
Gazette no. BG, 80-Misc- Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
This mosque is built of brick and stone and had ten domes. The roof has fallen in but the walls and the pulpit are standing. Its dimensions are 82 feet 6 inches by 37 feet 8 inches. From the inscription it appears that it was built in 1582 CE by Makhdum Shaikh, son of Muhammad al-khalidi who was a descendant of Nur Kutub. It was called the Qutb shahi masjid, as a mark of respect to the saint Nur Qutbul Alam. This mosque is also known as Sona Masjid. It seems that the name sona originated from the gilding of the carved work on the face of the walls as well as on the crowns of the turrets.
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The Baraduari Mosque Or Great Golden Mosque
Location- Long: 88°07’40” E, Latitude: 24°52’59” N
Locality- Gaur
Dis- Malda
Gazette no. BG, 80-Misc- Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
With the arcaded aisle of its corridor, this mosque is indeed the most impressive building of Gour, built by Sultan Nasrat Shah in 1526 CE. It is called Baraduari, a building with twelve doors but has only 11 openings. Its corridor is domed but the three-aisled hall is now domeless, although its domes, originally gilded gave it the name Barasona masjid or the Great golden Mosque. On the north are the remains of a ladies’ gallery and on the south-east a platform which was probably used by the muazzin for calling the faithful to prayer. Of its three arched gateway, the eastern one alone now survives in its original glory.
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The Chamkatti Masjid
- Location- Long: 88°08’09” E, Latitude: 24°52’13” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette no. BG, 80-Misc- Dated-14.01.1916a
Brief Description
This mosque was erected by Sultan Yusuf Shah of Ilyas Shahi dynasty in 1475 ad. It is noted for variously colored enameled bricks at the cornice. From its name it may have been built by a certain Chamkatti class, they were devotees who, in religious frenzy, used to gash themselves with knives and were therefore called Chamkatti (skin cutters). The square prayer hall, which measures 7.20 m a side internally, is covered with a large hemispherical dome carried on squinches and further supported by stone pillars. The building consists of a single room with a large verandah on the east.
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The Chika Masjid
- Location-
- Long: 88°08’09” E,
- Latitude: 24°52’13” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette no. BG, 80-Misc- Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
This mosque was built by probably Sultan Yusuf shah of Ilyas shahi dynasty in 1450 ad. It is a single domed building commonly called by the local people Chika Masjid or the Bat Mosque. This building is not a mosque as there is no sign of prayer niches in the west wall nor did any pulpit. The tradition of the local people that Husain Shah use the building for state prisoner. It is a square building with turrets at the corners and has door in each side.
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The Dakhil Darwaja Or The Northern Gate Of The Fort
- Location-
- Long: 88°07’30” E,
- Latitude: 24°52’44” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 80-Misc- Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
It was the principal entrance gate to the gaur fort from the north. Another name is Salami Darwazah, because salutes were fired from the adjancent ramparts. It was erected by Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah between 1435 and 1459, later Aluddin Husain shah may have improved it in present gateway. The gate is substantially built of small red bricks and shows signs of having been highly ornamented with embossed work.
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Firoz Minar Or The Tower Of Firoz Shah
- Location-
- Long: 88°08’09” E,
- Latitude: 24°52’13” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette no. BG, 80-Misc- Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
The tower is about 84 feet high and 62 feet circumference. There is a spiral staircase of 73 steps leading up to the top chamber. It is a five storied structure. The minar was built by Sultan Saifuddin Firoz shah of the Habshi dynasty during 1486- 1489 CE. Saifuddin Firoz Shah was the second Habshi ruler of Bengal Sultanate. He killed the first ruler Barbak Shah II and became the sultan. The construction was started in 1486 ad and ended in 1489. The minar is built in Tughlaqi architecture and there are terracotta works on the wall.
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Gunti Gateway
- Location- Long: 88°07’30” E,
- Latitude: 24°52’44” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 197-TG-Misc- Dated-26.04.1913
Brief Description
It is a small one-domed building, which is supposed to have served as one of the east gates of the fort of gaur. There are four arched openings, each measuring 5 feet wide. It may have been built by husain shah in 1512 ad. Hussain shah was founder of Hussain Shahi dynasty of Bengal. On both sides of the doors on the east and west there were fluted columns of brickwork and the building is decorated with an ornamental cornice all around.
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Gunmant Mosque
- Location- Long: 88°07’52” E, Latitude: 24°51’04” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 197-TG-Misc- Dated-26.04.1913
Brief Description
These twelve domed massive rectangular mosques measuring 48 m in length by 18 m in breadth was bult by Sultan Jalaluddin Fateh Shan in 1484 ad. Sultan Jalaluddin Fateh Shah was the last ruler of Ilyas shahi dynasty of Bengal sultanate. The western prayer chamber of the mosque is divided in three sections-a central nave and the side wings. The central nave is roofed over with a ribbed barrel vault resting on massive octagonal stone pillars. On each side of nave, there are three aisles with openings to the front.
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Kotwali Darwaza
- Location-
- Long: 88°08’30” E,
- Latitude: 24°50’32” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 197- TG, Dated-26.04.1913
Brief Description
This was the central gate in the south wall of the city of gaur. It had a magnificent archway which has now fallen in. The gateway had a brick arch 30 feet high and 16 feet 9 inch wide. It is said that the chief of police was stationed here. There is battlement in the east and the west of the gateway. The characteristic of the structure indicates the early Muhammadan architecture of Delhi. It was probably built between the earliest inscription found at gaur (1235 CE.) and Alauddin Mohammad Khilji’s death (1315 CE) when influence of Delhi predominated at Gour.
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Lukachuri Gateway
- Location- Long: 88°08’30” E, Latitude: 24°50’32” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 197-TG, Dated-26.04.1913
Brief Description
The gate is said to have been built by Shah Shuja in about 1655 CE. Shah Shuja was the second son of the Mugal emperor Shah Jehan and he was the governor of Bengal and Odisha. This is a large three storied gate and supposed to have been the royal entrance to the fort of gaur. On each side of this gate, there are guard rooms, and above them was a Naqqar Khana (place of beating drums). The gate is 65 feet long and 42.3 feet broad.
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The Lotton Masjid
- Location- Long: 88°08’22” E, Latitude: 24°51’17” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 197-TG, Dated-26.04.1993
Brief Description
This mosque was built by Sultan Yusuf shah of Ilyas Shai dynasty in 1475 ad. It was once covered with enameled brickwork, but now the greater portion of the facing is gone. Mosque consists of a square room covered by a single dome with a verandah in front. The main room of this mosque is 34 feet square and the corridor is 34 feet long by 11 feet wide. There is a local tradition that the mosque was built by a dancing girl.
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Qudam Rasul Mosue
- Location-
- Long: 88°08’30” E, Latitude: 24°50’32” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 80-Misc, Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
Remarkable for its highly ornamented bricks. This single domed structure with a square interior and a verandah on three sides was erected by Sultan Nasrat Shah. It enshrined the prophet’s footprints in stone which now remain with the Khadims at Mahdipur. In front of the mosque is the rest house in ruins
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The Tomb Of Fath Khan
- Location-
- Long: 88°07’53” E,
- Latitude: 24°52’09” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 80-Misc- Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
Here lies Fath Khan, son of Dilawar khan, Aurangzeb’s General, who was sent by the emperor to kill saint Shah Niamatullah suspected of advising Sultan Shuja to rebel on arrival at gaur. Fath khan is believed to have vomited blood and died on this spot.
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Two Tombs In Front Of The Tantipara Mosque
- Location-
- Long: 88°08’14” E,
- Latitude: 24°51’37” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 80-Misc, Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
Two tombs on the east of the Tantipara Masjid are believed to have been of Murshad Khan and his daughter Jul Fairan. A different opinion suggests that the tombs contain the mortal remains of Omar Qazi and his brother. It is, however, certain that the tombs are to be assigned to a date between 1474 and 1480 when sultan Yusuf shah was reigning
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The Tantipara Masjid
- Location-
- Long: 88°08’30” E,
- Latitude: 24°50’32” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No. BG, 197- Mis, Dated-26.04.1913
Brief Description
This mosque is an oblong brick building of two aisles divided by four stone pillars down the middle. It is 78 feet by 31 feet inside and 91 feet by 44 feet outside with octagonal tower at each corner. The outer faces are ornamented with large panels with projecting flowered borders. Tantipara means the quarter for the weaver class. This mosque probably built by Mirsad khan in 1480 CE.
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Mounds At Bangarh
- Location-
- Long: 88°31’16” E,
- Latitude: 25°24’50” N
- Locality- Gaur
- Dis- Malda
- Gazette Notification No.F.18-21/37-F, Dated-14.01.1916
Brief Description
Bangarh holds historical significance as the administrative center of kotivarsha vishaya. Dating back to the periods of Chandras, Varmans and Senas, the city saw a significant change when it fell to the Muslims under Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji in 1204. References of kotivarsha town can be traced back to the Vayu Purana and Brihat Samhita, under various names viz. Uma (Usha) vana, Banapura, and Shonitapura. Mound preserves the remnants of this ancient city including a Buddhist monastery at Devikota. Excavations led by k. G. Goswami, Calcutta university from 1938 -41 revealed the urban layout of the city, with a citadel surrounded by mud ramparts, representing phases from the Mauryan period to the Medieval era. The construction of a brick-built rampart wall indicates the prosperity and urban growth of the Kushana period. The Gupta and Pala periods displayed varying levels of affluence and cultural diversity. Various types of antiquities ranging from pre Mauryan to medieval period also retrieved from this site.
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The Dargah of Shah Atta
- Location-
- Long: 88°31’53” E,
- Latitude: 25°24’3″N
- Locality- Gangarampur
- Dis- South Dinajpur
- Gazette no. BG, 6027-P- Dated-15.06.1925
Brief Description
Dargah was built probably in 14th century AD. It is a roofless structure whose lower part is built in stone and the rest in brick. The Mausoleum encloses the grave of Mollah Atar-Uddin or Shah Ata. It is actually a mosque with niches (Mihrab) not a Dargah. There are four inscriptions in Arabic fixed on the wall.
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Baisgazi Wall
- Location-
- Long: 88°31’53” E,
- Latitude: 25°24’3″N
- Locality- Gangarampur
- Dis- South Dinajpur
- Gazette no. BG, 6027-P- Dated-15.06.2025
Brief Description
A lofty brick wall which was enclosure of the Gaur Palace, called Baisgazi wall apparently because its height was 22 Bengali Gazi (yards) or 42 feet. It is 15 feet broad at the base decreasing to nearly 9 feet at the top. The massive wall is built with exquisite cornices which were possibly built in the era Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah whose reign was traced to be from 1442-1459 AD. The Baisgazi wall is said to have been divided in three parts. According to the accounts the first part to the north probably used for holding Durbar, the second i.e., middle one for the private quarter of the Sultans and the third one to the south was meant for the Harem (Jenana Mahal).
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