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===Christian Cemetery(Dhaka, Bangladesh)===

The Christian Cemetery is situated at Wari, a district of Old Town in Dhaka. It started to go into a declining state within a few years after it was built, and it still is in ruins and wilderness.

History
It was developed mainly for the European traders and their families, thus most members of the East India Company lie buried there.The oldest grave there belongs to Reverend Joseph Paget, minister of calcutta, who died there in 1774 at the age of 26.

Present condition
The cemetery had been in a declinig state since the early 1800s as noticed by both Bishop Heber, and F.B. Bradley burt, although the decay had a more emotional romantic appeal to him.The original road layout of the cemetery has faded away with time, but it can be understood that a couple of straight roads intersected to make a path system within the network. The tombs were jumbled into a group to form one or two clusters, while making it hardly visible to visitors.

Architectural Significance
The cemetery has six type of tombs in the complex-

Type A- These graves are either really old, and no structure or inscriptions remains; or completely new, such that even the originality of the position of the grave and the inscription can be questioned as the frequent interaction taking place in the monument can be noted to any visitors.

Type B- The Moorish type gateway, which has been severely altered over the years, leads to nowhere. It was placed irrespective of the most imposing monuments of the complex, instead it only provides a plane of entrance towards the empty field in the center. Its position also reveals that no formal layout was maintained.