Dakhil Darwaza, Gaur

Dakhil Darwaza, also called Salami Darwaza, is a 15th–16th-century gateway at Gaur in Malda district that served as the chief northern way into the citadel of Lakhnauti, capital of the Bengal Sultanate; cannon salutes fired from it gave it its second name. Built largely of red brick and terracotta in the Bengal style, which blends Islamic and regional elements, it is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.

Its date and builder are disputed. It has been assigned to Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, to the restored Ilyas Shahi line in the early 15th century, and, on the basis of a 1519 inscription, to Nusrat Shah of the Husain Shahi dynasty, who may have built it as a ceremonial link to the Baro Sona Mosque about a kilometre north-east. The gate is 102.5 m long and 22.5 m wide, with stone facing on the piers and a 4.5 m passage flanked by two guardrooms on each side. Alexander Cunningham put its height at about 15 m.