Heritage record
Roshnai Gate
PunjabGateProtected
Roshnai Gate is the earliest gate of the fortification wall built by Akbar around 1566CE. it has also many historical associations. It was a gate which was kept illuminated throughout the night during the Mughal Period and it was through this gate that the big Caravan entered the Sarai known as Hazuri Bagh from the time of Ranjit Singh.
- Record ID
- 6500
- 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
- 31.58770, 74.31200 — 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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