2022
Panam City is situated at Sonargaon, Narayanganj in Bangladesh. It is an ancient historical city in Bangladesh. Among the three cities such as boro nogor (Big City), khas Nogor, Panam City, it was most attractive city. There are many historical buildings which were built hundreds year ago and those are related with the history of Baro-Bhuyan. It covered 20 km area of Sonargaon.
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The gorgeous structures was rising in the last quarter of the 13th century. After that Panam area formed part of Muslim city developed on the old city, and perhaps made up the place of residence of the early Muslim governors.
When the Mughal took over the control of Sonagaon, they constructed highways and bridges and made a new look of Sonagaon and Panam City. Mughal era was the most significant era for all the region of sub-continent. Panam city has no different for this circumstances. Huge amount of construction works and developments in the life of city dweller had been occurring in the time of Mughal.
Some works of Mughal period still visible at present. Three brick bridges belonging to the Mughal period are: Panam Bridge, Dalalpur Bridge, Panam Nagar Bridge. Panam Bridgeis to be found at a little further to the east of Habibpur on a brick made road between Companiganj and Bari-Majlish, in Sonargaon.
The bridge, constructed over Pankhiraj canal on a village road from Hajiganj to Baidyerbazar, belongs to the Mughal period. It consists of three archways, the middle arch being wider and higher. The first one is the smaller one and the last one is greater than the first one. DalalpurBridge, also the symbol of Mughal structurecrosses the Pankhiraj Khal (canel) on the northern side of Panam Nagar in Sonagaon and connects Adampur and Dalalpur. It has also three archways. It may be the tradition of Mughal artifact that the middle arch was made wider and higher for the secure passageway of boats. The path is made of bricks set in rounded lines. The bridge angles downward sharply on either side. The last one is Panam Nagar Bridge. It is a tiny one vaulted overpass situated on the western side of Panam Nagar in Sonagaon.The Bridge, over a narrow channel, attaches Panam Nagar with the main road.
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