Name of the monument: Chauburji gateway
Location: Multan Road Lahore
Date of construction: 1646 AD
Material of Construction and finishes: Brickwork, faience mosaic, fresco paintings
Chauburji is located on Lahore’s Multan road at the intersection of Bahawalpur Road, which leads southwards to Multan, and was the gateway to an extensive garden known to have existed in Mughal times. The Gateway of the Four Minarets or Chauburji was once the entrance to one of Lahore’s many pleasure gardens. The garden, together with one of the gate’s corner minarets (on the north-west) was with the flood but later added by the Department of Archaeology. It was recently decorated with a faience mosaic. It was once one of the largest Mughal gardens in Lahore. An inscription on the gateway records that the garden was established here in 1646, in the reign of Shah Jahan, by a lady described as Sahib-e-Zebinda Begum-e-Dauran, or ‘the elegant lady of the age’. The lady referred to is probably Jahan Ara Begum, the eldest and favorite daughter of Shahjahan, who was known to have built gardens at Lahore. The gateway is beautifully decorated with rich mosaic work.
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