Read the passage. Then answer the questions no. B: 'Heritage [গণিত] is what we inherit from the past, live with in the present and then pass on [গণিত] our children or future generation. Our unique source of life and inspiration is our cultural and natural heritage. When we speak of 'World Heritage [গণিত] , it indicates places and sites that we inherited from the past and pass on [গণিত] the future generation of the entire world. The 'Shat Gambuj Mosque [গণিত] in Bagerhat is such a heritage. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Originally, the historic Mosque City was known as 'Khalifatabad [গণিত] . It is situated at the outskirts of Bagerhat town [গণিত] .. not very far from the dense mangrove forest of the Sundarbans. Khalifatabad was a Muslim colony. It was founded by the Turkish general, a saint warrior Ulugh Khan Jahan in the 15th century. The infrastructure of the city reveals significant technical skills in many mosques as well as early Islamic monuments. Baked bricks were used for the construction of the buildings. The planning of the city was dominated by the tradition of Islamic architecture and the decorations were a combination of Mughal and Turkish architecture. Khan Jahan built a network of roads, bridges, public buildings and reservoirs [গণিত] make the city habitable. There were about 360 mosques in the city. Among them the most remarkable is the multi-domed Shat Gombuj Mosque. The mosque is unique in the sense that it has 60 pillars that support the roof, with 77 low height domes. The 4 towers at 4 corners have smaller domes at the top as well. The vast prayer hall has 11 arched doorways on the east and 7 each on the north and south for light and ventilation. It has 7 aisles running along the length of the mosque and 11 deep curves between the slender stone columns. These columns support the curving arches created by the domes. The thickness of the arches is 6 feet and have slightly narrowing hollow and round wall. The west wall in the interior has 11 'mihrabs [গণিত] (niche in mosque pointing towards Makkah). These mihrabs are decorated with stonework and terracotta. The floor of the mosque is made of brick. Besides being used as a prayer hall, Khan Jahan used the mosque as his court too. Today, it is one of the greatest tourist attractions and one of the best architectural beauties of Bangladesh. B. Answer the following questions. (a) What do you mean by 'World Heritage [গণিত] ? (b) Where is the 'Shat Gambuj Mosque [গণিত] situated? (c) For what purposes was the Shat Gambuj Mosque used? (d) How are the mihrabs decorated? (e) Why do you think the mosque is unique?

উত্তর: (a) World Heritage means places and sites that we inherited from the past and pass on [গণিত] the future generation of entire world. (b) The 'Shat Gambuj Mosque [গণিত] is situated at the outskirts of Bagerhat town. (c) The Shat Gambuj Mosque was used as a prayer hall. Besides the founder of the mosque, Khan Jahan, used it as his court. (d) The mihrabs are decorated with stonework and terracotta. (e) I think the mosque is unique because of its significant technical skill like 60 pillars that support the roof, with 77 low height domes.

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