Kos Minar, Panipat (Taraf Afghan), Haryana
  • Kos Minar, Panipat (Taraf Afghan), Haryana
  • Kos Minar, Panipat (Taraf Afghan), Haryana
  • Kos Minar, Panipat (Taraf Afghan), Haryana
Kos Minar, Panipat (Taraf Afghan), Haryana

A Mughal-period distance marker located in an open ground in Sector 25, Part II, in the southern part of Panipat, Haryana, and locally referred to as Taraf Unsar (Taraf Afgan). Probably constructed between 1600 and 1699 CE, the octagonal tower is built of lakhori bricks with rubble masonry and lime mortar, and stands on a brick platform with a ring moulding between the octagonal base and cylindrical shaft. It has small square openings and a row of sunken panels near the top of the octagonal base. The monument was notified as a protected structure on December 1, 1914, and is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Chandigarh Circle).