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Kos Minar near Sarai Dakhni, Punjab

Kos Minar near Sarai Dakhni, Punjab

This Kos Minar is a Mughal-period octagonal distance marker located amid agricultural fields to the north-west of Sarai Dakhni in a village field near Mahlian Kalan in Jalandhar district of Punjab. Probably constructed between 1630 and 1658 CE, 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, restored and well-maintained, with fencing provided around the structure.

Kos Minar near Sarai Dakhni, Punjab

Site Name: Jahangir (Village field near Mahlian Kalan)

Date: ca. 1630-1658 CE (?)

Subject: General view of the kos minar, Sarai Dakhni in the background

Site Name: Jahangir (Village field near Mahlian Kalan)

Date: ca. 1630-1658 CE (?)

Subject: General view of the kos minar, Sarai Dakhni in the background

Site Name: Jahangir (Village field near Mahlian Kalan)

Date: ca. 1630-1658 CE (?)

Subject: General view of the kos minar, Sarai Dakhni in the background

Site Name: Jahangir (Village field near Mahlian Kalan)

Date: ca. 1630-1658 CE (?)

Subject: General view of the kos minar, Sarai Dakhni in the background

Site Name: Jahangir (Village field near Mahlian Kalan)

Date: ca. 1630-1658 CE (?)

Subject: General view of the kos minar

Site Name: Jahangir (Village field near Mahlian Kalan)

Date: ca. 1630-1658 CE (?)

Subject: General view of the kos minar

Site Name: Jahangir (Village field near Mahlian Kalan)

Date: ca. 1630-1658 CE (?)

Subject: General view of the kos minar