Place · Mughal caravanserai gateways · India
Sarai Gharaunda
Also known as Gharunda Sarai, Gharaunda Sarai
A pair of monumental Mughal sarai gateways at Gharaunda, Karnal district, on the imperial Delhi-Lahore highway — built in Shah Jahan's reign (c.1637) as the ceremonial entrance to a now-vanished quadrangular caravanserai. The two surviving gateways face each other across the old road and carry carved sandstone jambs with floral and geometric inlay in red-and-white sandstone, one of the most elegant surviving Mughal sarai facades in Haryana.
Dynasties & capitalsTrade, ports & money
- Function
- Trade & production
- Patron dynasty
- Mughal
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 29.537, 76.968
Connections (1)
- Site withinKarnal
Gharaunda sarai gateways stand on the Delhi-Lahore trunk road 20 km south of Karnal city.
Sources
Standard reference (Archaeological Survey of India).
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