Kos Minar, Thanesar, Haryana
  • Kos Minar, Thanesar, Haryana
  • Kos Minar, Thanesar, Haryana
  • Kos Minar, Thanesar, Haryana
Kos Minar, Thanesar, Haryana

A Mughal-period distance marker located about 5 kilometres west of the Delhi–Multan Road (Old Grand Trunk Road), behind the Pathak Petrol Pump on Salarpur Road at Thanesar, Kurukshetra, Haryana. Probably constructed between 1600 and 1699 CE, the octagonal tower is built of lakhori bricks bonded with lime mortar and has a ring moulding and band between the octagonal base and cylindrical shaft. The monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Chandigarh Circle) and was repaired in 1993–94; it remains well maintained, though surface blackening and the adjacent peepal tree pose structural concerns.