CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY 
Sarai Doraha is a seventeenth-century Mughal caravansarai
or rest house located on the Ludhiana–Khanna Road in Ludhiana district of
Punjab, situated on a mound south of the Sirhind Canal. Known historically as
the Sarai of Itimad-ud-Daula, its construction is generally dated to the early
years of Jahangir’s reign (c. 1606–1611 CE). Built of lakhori bricks with red
sandstone and lime mortar, the sarai follows a square plan with corner bastions,
north–south aligned gateways, a hammam in the northeast corner, and a mosque
within the western part of the enclosure. The monument is protected by the Department
of Cultural Affairs, Archaeology and Museums, Punjab and survives in a
partially ruined state, with sections under repair and traces of its original
painted and glazed decoration still visible.
