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


This distance marker is a located in an
agricultural field about 130 metres west of the old Grand Trunk Road, opposite
Sanskriti University, near Semri, 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 low square platform, with
merlons, ring moulding, and a bulb-like finial at the top. The monument is
protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Agra Circle); however, surface
blackening, cracks, loss of plaster, and deteriorated bricks are visible, and
dense thorny vegetation around the structure made access difficult at the time
of photography.