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Gates of Lahore: Walled City of Lahore, Mochi Gate, Bhati Gate, Lohari Gate, Shairanwala Gate, Roshnai Gate, Delhi Gate, Taxali Gate
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-15.
ISBN 9781157324959
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Chapters: Walled City of Lahore, Mochi Gate, Bhati Gate, Lohari Gate, Shairanwala Gate, Roshnai Gate, Delhi Gate, Taxali Gate, Masti Gate, Kashmiri Gate. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Walled City of Lahore, also known as the "Old City, " or "Anderoon Shehr ( ), " is the section of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, that was fortified by a city wall during the Mughal era. The Alamgiri Gate and Hazuri Bagh 1870 11th Century House in Walled City Remains of City WallThe origins of the original Lahore are unspecific. According to carbon dating evidence of archaeological findings in the Lahore Fort, the time period may start as early as 2, 000 B.C.E. Lahore had many names throughout its history. Mohallah Maulian represents one of the two most probable sites of the original Lahore. Sootar Mandi (the yarn market) inside Lohari Gate, had been called Mohallah Chaileywala Hammam located in Machli Hatta Gulzar, just off Chowk Chalka. As late as 1864, the Lohari Mandi area had been known among the old folk of the Walled City as kacha kot, the mud fort, a name derived from the gradient of the land, the water flow, and the formation of mohallahs, kuchas, and kattrahs. The curve of Koocha Pir Bola merges with Waachowali Bazaar, the Lohari Bazaar merges with Chowk Lohari Mandi, and Chowk Mati merges with Papar Mandi, giving a sense of a mud fort. Along Lohari Bazaar, a short distance from Chowk Chakla, the street opens slightly, revealing a half-buried archway of pucca bricks and mud. The famous mud fort may have been built by Malik Ayaz, the first Muslim governor of Lahore. Lohari Gate served as the main entrance to Ayaz's mud fort. Chowk Sootar Mandi constituted one important center of Kacha Kot. The lay of the streets also suggest the boundaries. At the time of Mu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=530543
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