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“mihrabs” still standing, proved that tlie interior had been ornamented 
by carved bricks; no inscription was to be found. 
IV. —On the road side east of Magrapara is a small mosque, called the 
Yusufganj Masjid. It is rapidly going to pieces, as the dome is covered 
with masses of pipal trees, whose roots have penetrated into the interior. 
Its walls are 6 feet If inches thick, which accounts for its standing erect 
so long. 
V. —Beyond the village of Habibpur, on the right hand side of the 
road, is the tomb of “ Pagla Sahib,” a very insignificant building. Various 
stories are told of the reason this Pir received such a singular name. One 
is that he became “ mast,” or light-headed, from the intensity of his devotions. 
Another, that he was a great thief-catcher, that he nailed every thief he 
caught to a wall, and then beheaded him. Having strung several heads 
together, he threw them into an adjoining “ khal,” which has ever since 
been known as the munda mala , i. e. necklace of heads. This tomb is so 
venerated that parents, Hindu and Muhammadan, dedicate at the tomb the 
chonti,” or queue, of their child when dangerously ill. A little further on> 
the road crosses a nalah by a very fine Muhammadan bridge of great age. 
It is generally called the Kampan i ice ganj kapul. 
VI. —In a quarter near this, called Bari Makhlas, is a comparatively 
modern mosque, erected by Shaikh Gharibullah, a former janehandar, or 
examiner of cloth, to the Company. It bears the date A. H. 1182 (A. D. 
1768), and it is still used by the Muhammadans living in the neighbour¬ 
hood. Its pinnacles are made of glazed pottery, but the building generally 
is plain and devoid of interest. 
VII. —Painam, although a most singular village, possesses few ancient 
buildings. There is, however, a fine Muhammadan bridge of three arches, 
called the Dallalpur pul, over which the road goes to the Kampani Jed Jcofhi. 
The roadway is very steep. It is formed of bricks arranged in circles of 
about five feet in diameter. The adjoining bridge leading into Painam 
village is made in the same way. These circles of bricks are kept in place 
by several large pillars of basalt laid flat at the toe or rise of the bridges. 
The old Kampani kd Jcofhi is a quadrangular two-storied, native, brick 
building, with an arcaded court-yard inside. It was a hired house, and is 
now occupied by Hindu karmakars, or smiths. 
In the one street of Painam is a modern and very ugly temple of Shiva, 
ornamented with numerous pinnacles. 
In Aminpur the ruins of the abode of the royal krori , or tax-gatherer, is 
shown. Like all old ruins, it is said to contain fabulous treasures protected 
by most venomous snakes. A descendant of this family still resides in the 
neighbourhood. Close to his residence are the ruins of an old Hindu 
building, the only one existing in Sunargaon. It is called “jhikoti,” a 
