<P> The Sixty Dome Mosque was the largest medieval mosque built in Bangladesh, and is a fine example of Turkic - Bengali architecture . The Mughal style replaced indigenous architecture when Bengal became a province of the Mughal Empire and influenced the development of urban housing . The Kantajew Temple and Dhakeshwari Temple are excellent examples of late medieval Hindu temple architecture . Indo - Saracenic Revival architecture, based on Indo - Islamic styles, flourished during the British period . The zamindar gentry in Bangladesh built numerous Indo - Saracenic palaces and country mansions, such as the Ahsan Manzil, Tajhat Palace, Dighapatia Palace, Puthia Rajbari and Natore Rajbari . </P> <P> Bengali vernacular architecture is noted for pioneering the bungalow . Bangladeshi villages consist of thatched roofed houses made of natural materials like mud, straw, wood and bamboo . In modern times, village bungalows are increasingly made of tin . </P> <P> Muzharul Islam was the pioneer of Bangladeshi modern architecture . His varied works set the course of modern architectural practice in the country . Islam brought leading global architects, including Louis Kahn, Richard Neutra, Stanley Tigerman, Paul Rudolph, Robert Boughey and Konstantinos Doxiadis, to work in erstwhile East Pakistan . Louis Kahn was chosen to design the National Parliament Complex in Sher - e-Bangla Nagar . Kahn's monumental designs, combining regional red brick aesthetics, his own concrete and marble brutalism and the use of lakes to represent Bengali geography, are regarded as one of the masterpieces of the 20th century . In more recent times, award - winning architects like Rafiq Azam have set the course of contemporary architecture by adopting influences from the works of Islam and Kahn . </P> <P> Theatre in Bangladesh includes various forms with a history dating back to the 4th century CE . It includes narrative forms, song and dance forms, supra - personae forms, performances with scroll paintings, puppet theatre and processional forms . The Jatra is the most popular form of Bengali folk theatre . The dance traditions of Bangladesh include indigenous tribal and Bengali dance forms, as well as classical Indian dances, including the Kathak, Odissi and Manipuri dances . </P>

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