Heritage record
Bhati Gate
PunjabGateProtected
Bhatti Gate, one of the thirteen gates built by Mughal Emperor Akbar, to protect the Walled City of Lahore. It is one of the two oldest entrance points into the walled city which controlled the only major north-south thoroughfare during Ghaznavid time. Bhati Gate is so called after the Bhattis, a Rajput tribe, a colony of whom originally lived in this quarter. It appears that the present building of gate is of British period.
- Record ID
- 6458
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Lahore
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Gate
- 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
- 31.57943, 74.30797 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required; pwhi_protection_correction_2026-07-23
- 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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