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| Nimtoli Deuri- ruined gateway at Dhaka sketched by de fabeck-fredrick william alexander in1863. |
Old Dhaka (in Bengali, পুরান ঢাকা ) is a term used to refer to the historic old city ofDhaka, the capital of modern Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangir Nagar, the capital of Mughal Bengal. It was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of South Asia and the center of the worldwide muslin trade. Dhaka, formerly spelled as Dacca in English, is the capital and one of the oldest cities of Bangladesh. Thehistory of Dhaka begins with the existence of urbanised settlements in the area that is now Dhaka dating from the 7th century CE.
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| A Ruined Mosque at Dacca” by William De Fabeck. |
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| Hauntingly beautiful: 'Nagaphon Ghat,' Narinda, Dhaka, 1787 |
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| Earliest painting of Lalbagh Fort by Johan Zoffany in 1787 |
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| A Bengali woman wearing muslin in Dhaka in 1789 |
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| Dhaka City across Buriganga River - a painting by Frederick William Alexander de Fabeck in 1861 |
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| This shows a view of the Dhaka riverfront in the 1840s |
Photo Source: Collected from Internet
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