Heritage record
Dai Anga`s Tomb
PunjabTombProtected
Dai Anga was the wife of Murad Khan and founder of Dai Anga Mosque. Behind the Gulabi Bagh gateway and on the side of the former garden lies the tomb of Dai Anga. It is square in plan, brick built structure, which stands on a low platform inhabiting the actual burials lie. The mausoleum comprised of a central tomb chamber and eight rooms around it, decorated with mosaic work. The roof bears a low-pitched dome on a high neck and a square kiosk in each corner supported on slender brick pillars. The original two cenotaphs have been replaced later by the existing brick built ones.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6513
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Lahore
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- 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
- 31.57861, 74.36389 — 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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