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Description by the British Library: "Photograph of Dacca (Dhaka) taken in the 1880s, from an album 'Architectural Views of Dacca', containing 13 prints by Johnston and Hoffman. ... This photograph presents a general view looking across the market place in Dhaka. In the centre of the image is an old brass-cannon of native manufacture, found in the Buriganga riverbed. On the left is the chief mosque in the city."[1]

Includes Bibi Mariam Cannon, a Mughal-era cannon.
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Source http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/t/019pho000001019u00013000.html
Author Johnston and Hoffmann (exact dates of death unknown)
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current04:44, 21 January 2007Thumbnail for version as of 04:44, 21 January 2007712 × 504 (127 KB)Gallileo2k (talk | contribs){{Information |Description= Bibi Mariam Cannon, a Mughal-era cannon set up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. |Source= http://dhakadailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/11/mir-jumlas-cannon-bibi-mariam.html |Date= circa 1880 |Author= unknown |Permission= PD-Old |other_versions

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