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| Keywords: The Kampani ka kot'hi (the East India Company factory), Painam, Sonargaon..jpg en Photograph of the East India Company factory Painam Sonargaon in Bangladesh from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections taken by W Brennand in 1872 Sonargaon was a noted producer of the celebrated Dhaka muslins In the mid-17th century the East India Company established factories in the Dhaka district for the trade of muslin The building in this view is briefly described in J Wise Notes on Sunargaon Eastern Bengal Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal vol XLIII part I Calcutta 1874 p 91 'The old Kampani ka kot'hi is a quadrangular two-storeyed native brick building with an arcaded courtyard inside It was a hired house and is now occupied by Hindu karmakars or smiths ' This is a general view of the house partially obscured by a thatched hut and trees in the foreground 1872 http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/t/019pho001000s27u02734000 html Brennand W PD-Bangladesh Uploaded with UploadWizard British East India Company Old vintage photographs of Bangladesh | ||||
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