world heritage sites in bangladesh-This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Bangladesh- as inscribed in 'UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list.

1. Welcome to My Presentation
TOPIC: UNESCO’S WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN
BANGLADESH
Course Code : SSC-301
COURSE TITLE: BANGLADESH STUDIES
Name & ID No:
MD.GOLAM SARWAR 120103019

2. PRESENTATION CONTENTS
WHAT IS UNESCO’S WORLD HERITAGE SITES?
Sites Tentative List for Bangladesh
Nominated Heritage Sites and LOCATION
Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee
Area of the Sites
Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List
Question & Ans. session

3. • A World Heritage Site is a place (such as a building, city,
complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, or mountain)
that is listed by the UNESCO .
WHAT IS UNESCO’S WORLD HERITAGE SITES?
Selection criteria
To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must
be of outstanding universal value and meet at least
one out of ten selection criteria.
Details criteria at http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/

4. UNESCO
• UNESCO is the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
Abbreviation UNESCO
Formation 16 November
1945
Type Specialized
agency
Legal status Active
Headquarters Place de
Fontenoy, Paris,
France
Membership 195 member
states
Head Irina Bokova
Director-General of
UNESCO
Website www.unesco.org
UNESCO encourages international
peace and universal respect for
human rights by promoting
collaboration among nations

5. Halud Vihara
Jaggadala Vihara
Lalbagh Fort
Mahansthangarh and its Environs
The Lalmai-Mainamati Group of monuments
Sites Tentative List for Bangladesh
As of 2014, following 5 sites are present in the tentative list.

6. 1. Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
• Bagerhat District, Khulna Division
22°40′0″N 89°48′0″E
• Year of Inscription: 1985
• Reason of Inscription: The cultural site.
Nominated Heritage Sites and Location
...is an outstanding example of a type of building,
architectural, or technological ensemble or landscape
which illustrates a significant stage in human history.
City Established by the Ulug Khan Jahan (1433–1459)
Originally known as Khalifatabad.

7. Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Shat Gombuj Masjid
 It was established in 1440 by Khan Jahan Ali.
 It is laid is over an area of 160 feet (49 m) by 108 feet (33 m).
 it has 60 pillars that support 77 exquisitely curved "low squat domes" .
 a sweet water tank or pond (the takur dighi).
It was used for prayers, as an assembly hall and madrasa (an Islamic school).

8. Nine dome Mosque
Singara Mosque
Ronvijoypur Mosque
The Chunakhola Mosque
Khan Jahan's mausoleum
Museum
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat

9. 2. Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur.
 Naogaon District, Rajshahi Division
25°2′0″N 88°59′0″E
 Year of Inscription: 1985
Reason of Inscription: The cultural site.
Nominated Heritage Sites and Location
 Represents a masterpiece of human creative genius.
 Exhibits an important interchange of human values, over a span of
time, or within a cultural area of the world.
 On developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts,
town-planning, or landscape design.
Established by Dharama Pala during the Pāla period in ancient Bengal
at 8th century AD

10. Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
 The quadrangular structure consists of 177 cells
 The rooms were used by the monks
 Somapura Mahavihara, covering 27 acres (110,000 m2).

11.  Central structure remains great its discovery.
 Nameable statues found.
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur

12. Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur

13. 3. The Sundarbans
 Khulna Division
21°57′0″N 89°11′0″E
 Year of Inscription: 1997
 Reason of Inscription: The natural site.
Nominated Heritage Sites and Location
 ...Representing significant on-going ecological and
biological processes in the evolution and development of
terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems,
and communities of plants and animals.
The Sundarbans covers approximately 10,000 square kilometres

14. The Sundarbans
 It is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the
world.
 Sundarban can be literally translated as "beautiful forest" in the Bengali
language.
 The history of the area can be traced back to 200–300 AD.

15.  Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests
 Sundarbans Mangroves
 Ecological succession and Economy
 Climate change impact
The Sundarbans
Royel Bengal Tiger at Sundarban Chital deers (Axis axis) are widely seen

16. UNESCO's World Heritage mission
 Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we
pass on to future generations.
 UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to save WORLD GREATEST PLACES.
 World Heritage — Saving Nature As Well As Culture.

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