Heritage record
Khangarh Fort
PunjabFortProtected
This fort was built by Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan II in 1783 CE, it is square in plan with semicircular bastions at each corner and an entrance on the east. It measures 39 m on each side, the walls and bastions, which were built of mud bricks with a burnt brick facing, have fallen down leaving only piles of burnt bricks and signs of old walls. At the northwestern corner is a square tower of burnt bricks, while at distance of 24 m to the southeast there appears to be a brick kiln.
- Record ID
- 6982
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Bahawalpur
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 28.36389, 71.71667 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Mughal, Mohammad Rafique. (1997). Forts in Cholistan. Ancient Cholistan, Archaeology and Architecture.
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