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


A Mughal-period distance marker located about
3 kilometres west of National Highway 44 (Old Grand Trunk Road), behind Dhirpur
Railway Station at Sarai Sukhi, Kurukshetra district of Haryana. Probably
constructed between 1600 and 1699 CE, the octagonal tower is built of lakhori
bricks bonded with lime mortar and features a ring moulding between the octagonal
base and cylindrical shaft. The monument is protected by the Archaeological
Survey of India (Chandigarh Circle) and remains well maintained, despite minor
surface blackening.