Kos Minar, Karamjitpur, Punjab
  • Kos Minar, Karamjitpur, Punjab
  • Kos Minar, Karamjitpur, Punjab
  • Kos Minar, Karamjitpur, Punjab
Kos Minar, Karamjitpur, Punjab

This Kos Minar is a seventeenth century Mughal-period distance marker located in agricultural fields to the west of Karamjitpur village in Kapurthala district of Punjab. The structure has an octagonal base with a tapering cylindrical shaft and is built of lakhori bricks. The monument is unprotected and survives in a deteriorated condition, with exposed brickwork and extensive overgrowth of peepal and banyan roots; a small well is located nearby.