Bara Sona Mosque

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Bara Sona Mosque is a grand 16th-century Islamic monument in Gaur, West Bengal, renowned for its impressive stone architecture and historical significance as one of the largest mosques of the Bengal Sultanate.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bara Sona Mosque canonical 2
Bara Sona Masjid 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic monument ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bara Sona Masjid ⓘ
linked to: Bara Sona Mosque

Bara Sona Masjid of Gaur ⓘ
architecturalStyle Bengal Sultanate architecture ⓘ
Islamic architecture ⓘ
builtFor Muslim community of Gaur ⓘ
builtInCentury 16th century ⓘ
cityTypeContext ruined city of Gaur ⓘ
condition partly ruined ⓘ
constructionPeriod medieval period ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalRegion Bengal ⓘ
era Bengal Sultanate period ⓘ
governingBody Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature arched entrances ⓘ
multiple domes ⓘ
ornamental stonework ⓘ
stone pillars ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important monument of medieval Bengal ⓘ
hasFunction Friday mosque ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
heritageDesignationScope national importance (India) ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
protected monument ⓘ
historicalContext Islamic rule in Bengal ⓘ
locatedIn Gaur ⓘ
India ⓘ
Malda district ⓘ
linked to: Malda

West Bengal ⓘ
locatedNear India–Bangladesh border ⓘ
locatedOn Ganges riverine plain ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain
materialUsed stone ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest mosques of the Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
grand scale ⓘ
historical significance ⓘ
stone architecture ⓘ
partOf Bengal Sultanate heritage ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
tourismAttraction regional tourist site ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gaur → hasNotableStructure → Bara Sona Mosque ⓘ
Bara Sona Mosque → alsoKnownAs → Bara Sona Masjid ⓘ
linked to: Bara Sona Mosque
Gour → contains → Bara Sona Mosque ⓘ