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Thakar Dawara Marhi

PunjabSamadhProtected
A Marhi built in small burnt brick and lime kankar mortar. It is lime plaster and built on a square platform measuring 9.4 x 9.4 x 9.4 m. Each side of the Marhi measures about 3 m. Access to the inner chamber is provided through a rectangular opening to the eastern side. An eave runs all around which is supported by seagull type motif. The interior is decorated with the help of corner squinches. The dome is crowned with a finial with three windows on its northern, southern and western sides.
Record ID
8784
Province / territory
Punjab
District
Gujranwala
Tehsil
Gujranwala
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Samadh
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
32.07083, 73.93889 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Rasool, Niaz. (1996). The Monuments and Ancient Sites in the Surveyed Districts of Punjab. Pakistan Archaeology, Number 29, 1994-1996, DOAM, Karachi.

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