winterkjm:
- No approved proposals for Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, or Bangladesh
So I've been a bit busy this week, but there is a site that seems like an interesting one for Bangladesh.
Full Name of Site: Panam Nagar, Sanargaon -- Center of the Muslin Trade
Country: Bangladesh
TWHS? No
Short description of site: Sonargaon is a city with centuries of
Muslim and
Hindu rule, and was a former port and capital of Bengal between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. The city was also a historic trading center, central to the muslin trade in Bangladesh during the 17th and 18th century. The British East India Company arrived in the 19th century and helped develop the
Panam Nagar section of the city, in order to purchase muslin and other textile goods. This neighborhood contains over
50 historic buildings built by Hindu merchants but later abandoned in the 20th century. This former textile trading center has been declared a protected heritage site by the Bangladeshi government.
Criteria: Cultural
Outstanding universal value / comparative analysis: Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor