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Landmark South Asia religious

Sixty Dome Mosque

1459 CE – still standing

UNESCO-listed medieval mosque in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, the largest in the Sultanate period with 77 low domes and thick brick walls

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Who held this ground

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Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1400 CE)
  2. Bengal (1492 CE–1530 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Mughal Empire (1600 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Bengal (1783 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Bengal Presidency (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. British East India Company (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. India (1945 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. Pakistan (1960 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. Bangladesh (1994 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

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1336 CE – 1565 CE

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Attested 500 BCE – 1715 CE

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2025 India–Pakistan Conflict

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Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif

1481 CE – still standing

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India

Attested 1783 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1459 CE and 2026 CE.

1481 CE Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif 1500 CE Surat 1510 CE Goa 1526 CE Mughal Conquests of India 1526 CE First Battle of Panipat

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