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Sarai Dakhni is a well-preserved Mughal-period caravansarai or rest house located amid fields west of the Nakodar–Kapurthala Road near Mahlian Kalan in Jalandhar district of Punjab. Built during the reign of Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658) by Muqarrab Khan Deccani, also known as Rustam Khan Bahadur Firuz Jung, the sarai follows a square plan with imposing east and west gateways, corner octagonal bastions topped by domed pavilions, and a courtyard surrounded by rows of cells. Constructed of lakhori bricks with red sandstone, glazed tiles, and lime mortar, the complex includes a mosque in the southern enclosure, noted for its floral wall paintings, and evidence of a former hammam nearby. Declared a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India (Chandigarh Circle) in 1919, the sarai survives in good condition, though it shows surface weathering and loss of some glazed decoration.
