Site Name: Shampur
Date: ca. 1600-1699 CE
Subject: General view


This Kos Minar is a Mughal-period octagonal
distance marker located in agricultural fields to the south of the
Nurmahal–Phillaur stretch of the Grand Trunk Road in Shampur in Jalandhar
district of Punjab. 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; however,
access is limited due to surrounding fields.