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**We would like to draw your kind attention that there is some inter change in Dept. of Archaeology. Due to Administrative adventage it has some transfer. These are as follows : 1. Mr. Abdul Latif Pramanik, Custodian- In previous he was at Paharpur museum, Now he has trasfered at Tajhat Jaminder Bari, Rangpur. 2. Begum Nahid Sutana, Custodian, In perevious she was at Rabindra Kachari Bari, Sirajganj. Now she has tranfered at Mahasthan Museum Bogra. 3. Mr. Md. Jahurul Hoque, Cutodian, In previous he was at Tajhat Jamindar Bari, Rangpur. Now he has transfered at Rabindra Kachari Bari, Shirajgonj. 4. Mr. Md. Mahabul-ul Alam, Custodian. In previous he was at Mahasthan Museum, Bogra. Now he has transfered at Paharpur Museum, Naogaon.*** Mr. Md. Abdul Hashem, Sub Assistant Engineer, Dept. of Archaeology, Chittagong Division Comilla & Mr. Md. Abdul Latif Miah, Sub-Assistant Engineer, Dept. of Archaeology, Rajshahi Division, Bogra has been promoted as Assistant Engineer in Same Division.
The present day town of Bagerhat is about 20 km southeast of Khulna divisional headquarters and 250 km southwest of capital city of Dhaka. Khan-e-Jahan Ulugh Khan by title, a saint-warrior, established a township here in the 15the century AD. It can be approached from Dhaka, Khulna and Barisal by motor way. From Dhaka one can reach there by a steamer also via Barisal and Khulna which usually takes a longer time. Mangla port is about 20 km south of Bagerhat which is easily approachable by motorway. The Sunderbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, is further southward.
Most of the establishments of his township have disappeared with the passage of time. Only a few survive most of which are religious buildings like mosque and mausoleum. Not a single secular structure excepting road is visible now. Water tanks may be related to both type of establishments. So whatever evidences of Bagerhat >Kalifatabad still traceable can be distinctly divisible into two groups : surving monument and structural ruins buried in the earth. The former group comprises Shaitgumbad Mosque, Singar Mosque, Bibi Begni's Mosque, Chuna Khola Mosque, Naygumbad Mosque, Ranavijaypur Mosque, Rezakhoda Mosque, Zindapir Mosque, Sabekdanga Monument and Khan Jahan's Tomb. In the latter group there are many structural ruins scattered in and around Bagerhat town. A few of them are in the form of low mounds while some others are almost levelled down to the surrounding land surface. Some of them are Khan Jahaner Vasatbati, Bara Azina Masjid, Jahajghata, Kotwali Chawtara etc. This township has been inscribed on the World Cultural Heritage List in 1985 by UNESCO under the title ‘Historic Mosque city of Bagerhat’. The important monuments and mound as follows:
