BAGHA MOSQUE 1523 A.D.

The mosque lies near the upazilla headquarter of Bagha, about 35 km south-east of Rajshahi city. According to an inscription earlier fixed over the central entrance (at present in Karachi), the mosque was built in 930A.H./1523-24A.D. by Sultan Nusrat Shah, (S.Ahmed 1960 :212). It is an isolated mosque standing on a high mound of earth and stands within a compound surrounded by a low wall. It is accessed through two arched gateways from the north and south. A big tank was dug on the eastern side. This mosque was seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1897 when all the domes and the eastern wall collapsed (S. Ahmed 1960:213).The praiseworthy restoration was undertaken in 1978 by the Directorate of Archaeology Bangladesh.