Heritage record
Kos Minars
PunjabTowerProtected
In 1609, Emperor Jahangir ordered a small minaret like monuments to be built at every Kos along the G.T Road. The Kos was an ancient measurement of the territory distance which varied from time to time. During the period of Emperor Jahangir, the conventional Kos, was measured between 3.75 to 4 km. These two Kos minarets, built in Rawalpindi are not in good state of preservation.
- Record ID
- 6405
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Rawalpindi
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tower
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 33.61260, 73.00073 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ahmad Nabi. (1987). Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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