Panam Nagar or Panam City || পানাম নগর || Insights of an Ancient The Lost City Ruins in Sonargaon

Panam Nagar or Panam City || পানাম নগর || Insights of an Ancient The Lost City Ruins in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Near Dhaka, Bangladesh

Panam Nagar is the townhouses of Sonargaon the ancient capital of Bengal sultanate in present Naraynganj, Bangladesh near Dhaka. Sometimes it's called Panam city or Lost City as it contains the ruins of the ancient Sonargaon, the capital of Bengal sultanate. These are the archaeological ruins of an ancient historical city which is now called " The Lost City" are the townhouses of the ancient capital city of Bengal sultanate built in the 15th century by the Baro Bhuiyan leader Isa Khan. Its official name is Panam Nagar or Panam City.

Sonargaon was the old capital of the historic region of Bengal and was an administrative center of eastern Bengal. It was also a river port. It's hinterland was the center of the muslin trade in Bengal, with a large population of weavers and artisans.
According to ancient Greek and Roman accounts, an emporium was located in this hinterland, which archaeologists have identified with the Wari-Bateshwar ruins.

The Baro-Bhuyans were confederacies of soldier-landowners in Assam and Bengal in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. The confederacies consisted of loosely independent entities, each led by a warrior chief or a landlord (zamindars).

The tradition of Baro-Bhuyan is peculiar to both Assam and Bengal. and differ from the tradition of Bhuihar of Uttar Pradesh and Biharr. in Assam this phenomenon came into prominence in the 13th century when they resisted the invasion of Ghiyasuddin Shah. and in Bengal when they resisted Mughal rule in the 16th century.

The Bengal Muslin was the best trading commodity in the world for a thousand years. Mainly the townhouses were built for the high ranked royal employees and the Muslin merchants. The royal punishment and service of Sonargaon were directed from Panam Nagar. Panam Nagar, the buildings, Some are two-storied, some are single. Some 52 of the buildings that still stand in the Panam Nagar are mentionable. There are 31 buildings on the north side of Panam Street and 21 in the south of it.

Each building has a different style. The uniqueness can be seen in the fine architecture. Along with Mughal and Greek architecture, the colour and design of the buildings display techniques by the local artists. Some places show works of colonial times. The cast iron work that had been done in the houses can be compared to those works done with cast iron in Europe. The houses are situated at a certain distance apart from each other in this skilfully planned and organized townhouses. A well was in each house for safe water.

By the second quarter of the fourteenth century Sonargaon was developed into a commercial metropolis; seafaring boats could easily reach from west Asian and Southeast Asian countries. Travellers like Ibn Batuta, Ma Huan, Fahiean and Ralf Fitch visited Sonargaon. Ibn Batuta describes Sonargaon as an important port city which had direct commercial relations with countries like China, Indonesia (Java) and the Maldives. The Chinese envoy Ma Huan found Sonargaon a great commercial metropolis.

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