Sarai Lashkar Khan is situated 12 km to the west of Khanna, on the National Highway 1/Grand Trunk Road in the district of Ludhiana. According to the inscription on its eastern gateway the sarai was erected by Lashkar Khan, a Mughal Military General, during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb, in 1669-70 AD. This sarai is also made of bricks. The sarai maintains an aesthetic restraint unlike the other ones in this route perhaps characteristic of the religious views of Aurangzeb. Another distinct feature of this sarai is the absence of bastions in the middle of the northern and the southern walls and the arrangement of rooms in the interior, corresponding to this portion. The central arched portal, which is of stone, is flanked by two storeys of triple openings. At the top of each gateway runs an inscription engraved on white marble slabs. The courtyard of the sarai has 30 rooms on each side i.e. 15 on either side of the gateways and an equal number on each side of the central higher compartments in the northern and the southern walls. The mosque is located in the southern part of the courtyard. Its domes are damaged. There are two wells in the sarai which is being used for irrigation of the entire land which has been converted as a farm for past many years. A kos minar is also located nearby. The sarai is currently in a dilapidated condition. The inner courtyard around which the rooms are located serve as farmland.
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