SURA MOSQUE 16TH CENTURY A.D.

The Sura mosque stands in the village Chorgacha under Ghorahat upazilla in Dinajpur district; about six kilometers from the upazilla headquarter. Although unadorned, the Sura mosque is dated back to the early sixteenth century in the light of its close links with dated monuments of that time. "Recently an inscription of the time of Alauddin Hussain Shah, dated at 910 A.H. /1 504 A.D. has been discovered in the village Champatali, a few miles away from the place. It records the construction of a mosque. If this inscription is taken to have any connection with the mosque at Sura, the year 1504A.D. can be assumed as the date of its construction" (Banglapedia 2003: 480).