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The Walled City of Lahore (Punjabi: اندرونِ شہر لہور; Urdu: اندرونِ شہر لاہور, "Inner City of Lahore"), also known as the Old City, forms the historic core of the city of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. The city was established around 1000 CE in the western half of the Walled City, [1] which was fortified by a mud wall ...
History of Lahore. The recorded history of Lahore (Punjabi: لہور دی تریخ (Shahmukhi), ਲਹੌਰ ਦਾ ਇਤਹਾਸ (Gurmukhi); romanized: Làhaur dī tàrīk͟h) refers to the past history of the city of Lahore, the post-medieval cultural and political hub of the Punjab region. Today, the city is the capital of the Pakistani ...
Minar-e-Pakistan. Minar-e-Pakistan (Punjabi: مَنارِ پاکستان, romanized:Manār-e-Pākastān; Urdu: مینارِ پاکستان, romanized:Mīnār-e-Pākistān; lit.'Tower of Pakistan') is a tower located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [ 1 ] The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed ...
The Lahore Fort (Punjabi: شاہی قلعہ, romanized: Shā’ī Qi’lā, lit. 'Royal Fort'; Urdu: شاہی قلعہ, romanized: Shāhī Qilā) is a citadel in the city of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. [1] The fortress is located at the northern end of the Walled City of Lahore and spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares (49 acres). [2]
Shahdara Bagh (Urdu: شاہدره باغ; meaning “ King’s Way Garden”) is a historic precinct located across the Ravi River from the Walled City of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. Shahdara Bagh is the site of several Mughal era monuments, including the Tomb of Jahangir, the Akbari Sarai, Tomb of Asif Khan, Tomb of Nur Jahan and Baradari of ...
The tomb of Anarkali is located on the grounds of Lahore's Punjab Civil Secretariat complex near the British-era Mall, southwest of the Walled City of Lahore.It is considered to be one of the earliest Mughal tombs still in existence, and is considered to be one of the most significant buildings of the early Mughal period.
226 ft 4.5 in (68.999 m) Materials. Red sandstone, marble. The Badshahi Mosque (Punjabi: بادشاہی مسیت, romanized: Bādshā’ī Masīt; Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد, romanized: Bādshāhī Masjid) is a Mughal-era imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [1][2] It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of ...
Punjab Archives. The Punjab Archives (Punjabi pronunciation: [pə̞ɲˈdʒäːb aːɾkaːiːʋz]) is a repository of the non-current historical and cultural records of South Asia, located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established in 1924 under British Punjab and is currently under the jurisdiction of the Government of Punjab, Pakistan. [1]