It was intended to counter the advances of the magh
and portuguese
raiders by water. The surroundings of the fort are now filled
with earth and in some places the silt has risen up to the level
of the parapet.
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 Idrakpur Fort, Munshiganj |
The fort, quadrangular in size, consists of two main
parts: i) the wider open area surrounded by curtain walls crowned by machicolated
merlons with engaged rounded corner bastions pierced by musketry, and
ii) the smaller area containing a round drum of huge dimension surrounded
by another series of similar curtain walls. An approach to the drum is
provided from the bigger court. A small magazine exists just at the foot
of the drum. On the top of the drum is the residential quarters of the
Deputy Commissioner; the fort itself serves as a jail now. 
