Site Name: Nakodar (Bus Stand Road)
Date: ca. 1600-1699 CE
Subject: View of the kos minar on the street adjacent to the Nakodar bus stand


This Kos Minar is a Mughal-period octagonal
distance marker located in Nakodar town in Jalandhar district of Punjab,
adjacent to residential buildings. Constructed in the seventeenth century, it
is built of lakhori bricks set in lime mortar. The monument is protected by the
Archaeological Survey of India (Chandigarh Circle) and survives in good
condition, with fencing provided around the structure despite dense surrounding
development.