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This Mughal-period sarai or rest house is
located in the centre of Sultanpur Lodhi, to the south of the Kali Bein river
and east of the Sultanpur–Kapurthala road in Kapurthala district of Punjab.
Although it bears no inscription, stylistic features place its construction in
the seventeenth century, likely during the reign of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58).
Built of lakhori bricks set in lime mortar, the sarai originally comprised a
rectangular enclosure with corner bastions, a monumental northern gateway,
traveller cells, wells, and a mosque within the courtyard. The monument is
protected by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Archaeology and Museums,
Punjab and survives in a heavily altered state, with only fragments of the
original structure remaining. A portion of the sarai was being used as a police
station and as a dumping ground for scrap vehicles.
