Choto Sona mosque
Choto Sona Mosque Sultanate architecture Ratna called. This quarter, the
capital of Gaur-Lakhnauti phirujapura tahkhana complex half a kilometer to the
south-east, and about three kilometers south of Kotwali Darwaza. It occupies
the western edge of the southern huge tank. Department of Archaeology,
Government of Bangladesh on the west by the extent of the mosque built several
years ago, there is a modern two-storey guest house. The guest house and a
modern road from north to south through the mosque is gone. Ideas are old
fashioned way and once the Kotwali Darwaza suburb to the south of the
Gaur-Lakhnauti connect the city.
According to an inscription above the main entrance to a Majlis-e-majalisa, Wali Muhammad ibn Mansur Ali mosque was built by the Majlis. The letters have been obliterated inscription exact date of construction. However, it is obvious to mention the name of Sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah mosque of his reign (AH. 899925 / AD 1493-1519 AD.) No one is built.
Saved by the Department of Archaeology, Government of Bangladesh in a Choto Sona Mosque Sultanate saudhagulira save the best patterns. The use of the gold gilt decoration of the mosque was named after the gold does not exist now. In the beginning there was a surrounding wall around the courtyard of the mosque. 4 meters, 43 meters long from east to west and north to south, between the exterior side of a gate. Only the gate the entire surrounding wall has completely disappeared. However, the sign of the obvious places.
The fence has been installed to replace the original enclosure wall. According to local people, near the south gate of the gorge was a seasoned sopanabisista beginning. The mosque is built of brick and stone. The building is rectangular in shape, and the outer side of the mosque, 251 meters from north to south and east to west, 15.9 meters. All four walls on the outside and slightly internally veneered granite stone blocks. In 1897, after its destruction by an earthquake in the southern part of the west wall of the stone has been removed from the overlay. Four polygonal towers at the four corners of the mosque has been strengthened with the horns. Polygonal towers can be seen from outside the nine parsata. The outer side of the back wall of the central mihrab madhyabartisthale has a rectangular wing. Curved cornices are bow and rainwater from the roof terrace of stone gutters.
According to an inscription above the main entrance to a Majlis-e-majalisa, Wali Muhammad ibn Mansur Ali mosque was built by the Majlis. The letters have been obliterated inscription exact date of construction. However, it is obvious to mention the name of Sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah mosque of his reign (AH. 899925 / AD 1493-1519 AD.) No one is built.
Saved by the Department of Archaeology, Government of Bangladesh in a Choto Sona Mosque Sultanate saudhagulira save the best patterns. The use of the gold gilt decoration of the mosque was named after the gold does not exist now. In the beginning there was a surrounding wall around the courtyard of the mosque. 4 meters, 43 meters long from east to west and north to south, between the exterior side of a gate. Only the gate the entire surrounding wall has completely disappeared. However, the sign of the obvious places.
The fence has been installed to replace the original enclosure wall. According to local people, near the south gate of the gorge was a seasoned sopanabisista beginning. The mosque is built of brick and stone. The building is rectangular in shape, and the outer side of the mosque, 251 meters from north to south and east to west, 15.9 meters. All four walls on the outside and slightly internally veneered granite stone blocks. In 1897, after its destruction by an earthquake in the southern part of the west wall of the stone has been removed from the overlay. Four polygonal towers at the four corners of the mosque has been strengthened with the horns. Polygonal towers can be seen from outside the nine parsata. The outer side of the back wall of the central mihrab madhyabartisthale has a rectangular wing. Curved cornices are bow and rainwater from the roof terrace of stone gutters.
The eastern facade of the five and three at the entrance of the north and south walls. East wall inside the west wall of the five semi mihrab archways. As a result, the entire west wall of stone to remove most of the mihrab has been exposed; The walls were once the most beautiful part of the mosque.
The interior of the mosque, measuring 212 m × 122 m, four in each row of the north-south length of three aisles divided by stone dusari. A wide central nave is divided into equal halves ailagulike. Is part of a 3.5-meter-sided six equal square units. There are a total of fifteen units of the interior of the mosque, which is covered by the three rectangular units chauchala vaults. Each of the twelve square units covered by the inverted cup-shaped dome. All these unique stone pillars and the placement of the top yuktastambha dispersed cantilever. But in the middle of the top of the arches of the units adapted to fit the edges of the dome has been closed by the pendentives brick karabela manner. Above the first floor on the north-west corner of the fashion has created a royal gallery. Gyaliriti dhbansapraya situation now exists. The northwest corner of the gallery entrance of the mosque. Combined with a stepped platform would reach the door of the gallery. The gallery has a mihrab in front.
The main entrance of the mosque, and now fully deployed along the east barhideyale gate length of 7.6 meters and a width of punanirmita .4 meters. The entire phatakatite were veneered with stone; The stone has been given color.
Mosque in the ornamentation carved in stone, brick format, gilt terracotta and glazed tiles were used. However, these carved stone dominates. Creighton and Cunningham fifteen domes on the roof of the mosque and see the vault, all gilt. But no traces of gilt. Type of stone carving patterns have been selected according to the usefulness of the range. For example, the plants and their interior panel edge of the Hindu period, following various types of chain and bell motif was hanging. Spyandrila arches and frames in different ways to carve alankaranaritite top local attractions are filled with roses. The interior is decorated with terracotta dome of the vault; The vault are decorated to resemble a native hut of bamboo frame. One of the most noticeable decorative corner towers, carved stone doorways and frames on top of the enclosure and stone cornices and decorative lines. Note that all onto the khamjabisista arches archways and the mihrab, and they greatly enhance the beauty of the mosque.
Like the east gate of the mosque, once the design engraved on stone tablets were coated. Scattered here and there, but without some of the decorative rosettes nothing there anymore.
14.5 meters on the east side of the gate, there is a stone platform which has an area 42 meters from north to south, east to west, 62 meters and a height of 1 meter. At four corners of a stone column. There are two tombs on the north-south length of the platform as well. Surrounding the tomb of black stone from the foundation of both the rectangular step up and at the periphery of the upper side of the steps has been declining. There are two verses of the Quran and the tomb bearing the name of Allah, the stone stepped simple pointed barrel. It is not known who lies buried here. Cunningham Tomb of the two mosques Wali Muhammad and his father Ali said.
Inside the courtyard of the mosque in the southeastern corner of the two modern graves. Both buried 4.1 meters north-south, east-west and is surrounded by 4.7- meter and 1.3 meter high brick wall. Two graves Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir (died 14 December 1971) and Major Nazmul Haque Tulu (d 7 September 1971). They show the city, close to the Bangladesh liberation war against the Pakistani Army was killed.
Consumes a lot of gold, but it still looks attractive small mosque Gaur-Lakhnauti most interesting buildings and the most desired patterns for the visitors to the area.
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