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Chauburji

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Chauburji

The gateway to a lost Mughal garden, built in 1646

Chauburji is the surviving gateway of a now lost Mughal garden built in 1646 on the left bank of the Ravi in Lahore. It was commissioned by Emperor Shah Jahan's daughter Jahan Ara Begum. As the sole surviving structure of what was once a garden extending across several kilometers of south Lahore, Chauburji carries value as evidence of what the city's Mughal landscape looked like at its peak

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In the middle of a busy roundabout on Multan Road in Lahore stands a Mughal gateway with four towers: Chauburji.

In the middle of a busy roundabout on Multan Road in Lahore stands a Mughal gateway with four towers: Chauburji.

Chauburji

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