Adina Mosque

Pandua, West Bengal, India

Once the largest mosque in the Indian subcontinent, modeled on the Great Mosque of Damascus. Its ruins testify to the ambitions of the Bengal Sultanate at its height.

Historical Context

Sultan Sikandar Shah built the mosque at Pandua, then the Bengal Sultanate's capital. With 88 domes, it was an enormous structure that combined Bengali brick-building traditions with influences from Delhi and the broader Islamic world.