Mahmud Ghaznavi Mosque (Odigram)

In 1984 an inscription in Arabic engraved on a black marble was found by chance on the slopes of the hill below the castle of Raja Gira.

[3] The excavation carried out in the area between 1985 and 1999 brought to light a hypostyle mosque with supports originally in wood.

The prayer chamber (of which the mehrab is a part) is a step higher and composed of a beaten earth floor.

The Mosque of Odigram date back to the period of Mahmud or his grandson Maudud (1041–50 A.D.) and is therefore to be considered to be the earliest of Northern Pakistan.

In fact, it is the tomb of the General of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi named- Pir Khushal, who defeated Raja Gira and embraced martyrdom there.