Places of interest..

Archaeological heritage are still found all around Vikrampur, although a large number of these sites is now being missed due to erosion of river Padma. The following is a summary of heritage that is worth visiting.

Munshigonj town: Idrakpur Fort (1660), Panditer vita (birth place of Atisha Dipankar Srijnan) at Bajrayogini, Baba Adam's Mosque, Dighi of Raja Haris chandra, home stead of Raja Ballal Sena, home stead of Raja Sreenath at Rampal, Rampal Dighi, Kodal Dhoar Dighi, marble statue of Ashutosh Ganguly inside the library room of Haraganga College.

Sreenagar: Shyamsiddhi Math, Hasara Dargah, Sholaghar Math, Bhagyakul Rajbari, residence of Jagadis Chandra Basu at Radhikhal, Jora Math at Sonarang,

Tongibari: Kalibari, Taltala Pancha-shikhara Mahadeva Temple, Talukdarbari Mosque at Kusumpur, Tajpur Mosque, Patharghata Mosque, Kazishal Mosque, Pulghata Bridge, Panch Pir Dargah,

Sirajdikhan: A single domed mosque at Kusumpur (Talukdar-bari Mosque, Mughal period), Tajpur Mosque, Patharghata Mosque, Qazishal Mosque, Pulghata Bridge, math at village Fegnasar, math at the house of Kankata De at village Tajpur and Panchasikhar Mahadeva Mandir (temple) at Taltala. A large shiva-linga (phallus of god Shiva) is placed inside this temple.

Subdivisions..

The district consists of 6 upazilas:

1. Gazaria Upazila
2. Lohajang Upazila
3. Munshiganj Sadar Upazila
4. Sirajdikhan Upazila
5. Sreenagar Upazila
6. Tongibari Upazila

Munshiganj is one of the largest producer of potato in Bangladesh. It produces significant amount of jute,rice, wheat, and other vegetables. It also produces sugar cane and banana. 

Bikrampur

Bikrampur (Bengali: বিক্রমপুর Bikrômpur) is a historic region in Bengal, currently in Munshiganj District, Bangladesh. The region is famous for its cultural influences, and early Buddhist scholarship. It is known to be the oldest capital of Bengal before Bhawal and Sonargaon during the Vedic Period.

Mughal rule..

During the reign of Akbar, Bikrampur pargana was one of 52 parganas of Sonargaon sarkar in Bengal Subah.

Geography..

Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km²), out of which 138472 acres (560 km²) are cultivable and 5609 acres (23 km²) are fallow land. It has no forest area. 40277 acres (163 km²) of land is irrigated while 26242 acres (106 km²) of land is under river. It has 14 rivers of 155 km passing through.

Munshiganj is one of the largest producer of rice in Bangladesh. It produces significant amount of jute, wheat, and other vegetables. It also produces sugar cane, tobacco, pulse, onion, garlic and turmaric.

Bikrampur (Munshiganj) was the political and cultural centre of ancient Bengal.The remains of the city of Bikrampur, the capital of the ancient kingdoms of southeastern Bengal, are lost and its location can only be guessed on the basis of available data. Bangla, Old History

It was the capital city of the Candra, Varman and Sena dynasties, from the beginning of the 10th century AD to the beginning of the 13th century AD.

The name of Bikramapur survived in the name of a pargana in the Mughal period. Today the name does not exist even officially; but the inhabitants of a vast tract of land in the Munshigonj district still feel pride in saying that they belong to Bikramapur, which, of course, emanates from the past glory of the area. Also, within the confines of Munshigonj, the colonial era mansion of Bodrul Islam, the renowned Kombal merchant, is located. Today it is a sacred site for Tibetan Buddhists.

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