Heritage record
Drugra Burj (Kos Minar)
PunjabTowerProtected
The Burj is erected on a small ancient mound with mud bricks and is square in plan. It has a small burnt brick arched opening; a square is pierced through the ceiling probably to allow natural light. Actually, the Kos Minar is erected by burnt bricks and supported with mud bricks. Originally, a staircase was provided for approaching the roof.
- Record ID
- 6115
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Pakpattan
- Tehsil
- Pakpattan
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tower
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 30.51667, 73.42778 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Rasool, Niaz. (1996). The Monuments and Ancient Sites in the Surveyed Districts of Punjab. Pakistan Archaeology, Number 29, 1994-1996, DOAM, Karachi.
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