CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Kos Minar, Bir Pind, Punjab This Kos Minar is a Mughal-period octagonal distance marker located in agricultural fields to the south of the Nurmahal–Nakodar road in Bir Pind in Jalandhar district of Punjab. Constructed in the seventeenth century, it is built of lakhori bricks set in lime mortar. The monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Chandigarh Circle) and survives in good condition, with fencing around the structure.

This Kos Minar is a Mughal-period octagonal distance marker located along the Chabal–Rajataal Road at Burj village in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, adjacent to the Old Grand Trunk Road amid agricultural fields. Constructed in the seventeenth century, it is built of lakhori bricks set in lime mortar. The monument is unprotected and survives in good condition, with minor surface blackening and limited loss of plaster visible.

The Kos Minar at Chamaru in Patiala district of Punjab is a Mughal-period distance marker. Built of brick and lime mortar, the minar follows the standard octagonal–cylindrical form with a cylindrical finial at the top. The structure dates to the seventeenth century and is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Chandigarh Circle).

A Mughal-period distance marker located about 150 metres east of the Grand Trunk Road in the northern part of Chaumuha town, 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 brick platform, with carved merlons on the octagonal base and a ring moulding on the cylindrical shaft; unlike most Kos Minars, its top is flat rather than rounded. The monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Agra Circle). At the time of photography in 2025, it was being used by locals for drying and storing cow dung cakes.

A Mughal-period distance marker located east of the Grand Trunk Road in the southern part of Chhata town in 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, with carved merlons on the octagonal base and two ring mouldings on the tapering cylindrical shaft. The monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Agra Circle).

Located near the road connecting Nurmahal and Bilga in Chima Kalan in Jalandhar district of Punjab, this Kos Minar is a distance marker on the Grand Trunk Road. Constructed of brick and lime mortar, the octagonal pillar rises from a low platform and is enclosed by later boundary treatment. The monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Chandigarh Circle) and remains structurally intact and reasonably well preserved.