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A Mughal-period distance marker located at Sahara in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. Probably constructed between 1600 and 1699 CE, the octagonal tower is built of lakhori bricks set in lime mortar. The monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Agra Circle). 

The Kos Minar at Sahnewal Khurd in Ludhiana district of Punjab is a Mughal-period octagonal distance marker constructed in the seventeenth century. Built of lakhori bricks set in lime mortar, the monument is unprotected and survives in good condition.

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.

This distance marker is a located in an agricultural field about 130 metres west of the old Grand Trunk Road, opposite Sanskriti University, near Semri, 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 low square platform, with merlons, ring moulding, and a bulb-like finial at the top. The monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (Agra Circle); however, surface blackening, cracks, loss of plaster, and deteriorated bricks are visible, and dense thorny vegetation around the structure made access difficult at the time of photography.

The Kos Minar at Sewah, Panipat district, Haryana, is a Mughal-period structure dating to 1600–1699 CE. Constructed of lakhori bricks with lime mortar, the monument is protected and maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (Chandigarh Circle).

This Kos Minar is a Mughal-period octagonal distance marker located in agricultural fields to the south of the Nurmahal–Phillaur stretch of the Grand Trunk Road in Shampur 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; however, access is limited due to surrounding fields.