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Rohanpur Octagonal Tomb

Rohanpur Octagonal Tomb
রহনপুর অষ্টভুজী সমাধিসৌধ
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Rohanpur Octagonal Tomb (Front View)
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 / 24.824990; 88.334647
Owner Bangladesh Archaeological Department
Technical details
Material Brick, Mud
Known for First Octagonal Building in Bengali Muslim Architectural History

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. 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.


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