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


A Mughal-period distance marker located about
150 metres east of the Grand Trunk Road in the northern part of Chaumuha town,
Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh. Probably constructed in the 17th century CE,
the octagonal structure is built of lakhori bricks with lime mortar and plaster
and stands on a brick platform, with carved merlons on the octagonal base and a
ring moulding on the cylindrical shaft; unlike most Kos Minars, its top is flat
rather than rounded. The monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of
India (Agra Circle). At the time of photography in 2025, it was being used by
locals for drying and storing cow dung cakes.