Heritage Timeline

Sites grouped by the period they were built in

Ancient

Fort

Mud Fort, Abohar

Fazilka · Malwa

A ruined 9-acre ancient mud fort mound at Abohar, on the old Multan-Delhi road

Ancient Period · 2nd century

Fort

Qila mubarak bathinda

Bathinda · Malwa

Oldest surviving fort of india. The quila mubarak of bathinda

Ancient Period · 100

Delhi Sultanate

Tomb

Tomb of Bibi Taj-un-Nisha

Fatehgarh Sahib · Malwa

A brick Lodhi-era tomb in the fields of Dera Mir Miran, near Sirhind, with twin graves and blue glazed tiles echoing the nearby Tomb of Bibi Subhan.

Delhi Sultanate Period · 15th century

Mosque

Sadhna Qasai Masjid

Fatehgarh Sahib · Malwa

The oldest Mosque in Punjab

Delhi Sultanate Period · 16th century

Fort

Malout Fort

Hoshiarpur · Doaba

A ruined Lodhi-era hill fort in the hills, where Daulat Khan Lodhi surrendered to Babur in January 1526.

Delhi Sultanate Period · 1480s

Fort

Lodhi Fort

Ludhiana · Malwa

500 year old fort in the middle of the largest city of Punjab, built during the reign of the Lodhi dynasty and now largely in ruins.

Delhi Sultanate Period · 1490s

Tomb

Tomb of Subhan Bibi

Fatehgarh Sahib · Malwa

The best-preserved Sultanate-era tomb in Punjab, built in 1496 by Sikandar Lodhi for his sister. Described as the finest and oldest building in the town.

Delhi Sultanate Period · 1496

Tomb

Tombs of Hathi and Ghoda (Elephant and Horse Tombs)

Fatehgarh Sahib · Malwa

Unusual twin-cenotaph tomb in Sirhind, popularly believed to hold Humayun’s elephant and horse.

Delhi Sultanate Period · 1555

Tomb

Unknown Tombs, Sirhind

Fatehgarh Sahib · Malwa

Early Mughal tomb in Sirhind, attributed by Alexander Cunningham to nobles of Humayun’s army killed at the Battle of Sirhind (1555).

Delhi Sultanate Period · 1555

Mughal

Tomb

Ustad-Shagird Tombs

Fatehgarh Sahib · Malwa

Tombs of Ustad - Shagird are Mughal period monuments situated in village Talania of Sirhind-Fategarh, Punjab, India.

Mughal Period · 16th century

Monument

Aam Khas Bagh

Fatehgarh Sahib · Malwa

16th-century Mughal highway-inn and garden complex in Sirhind, built to host royalty and travellers along the Grand Trunk Road.

Mughal Period · 16th century

Haveli

Jahaz Haveli Diwan Todar Mal

Fatehgarh Sahib · Malwa

17th century residence of Diwan Todar Mal, who is famously known to have bought land at an exorbitant price for the cremation of the Chhote Sahibzaade & Mata Gujri.

Mughal Period · 17th century

Mosque

Jami Masjid, Batala

Gurdaspur · Majha

A three-domed mosque in Batala’s main bazaar, built under Aurangzeb by the town’s qazi.

Mughal Period · 17th century

Other

Kos Minar, Nurdi

Tarn Taran · Majha

A brick distance marker in the fields at Nurdi, one of the pillars that lined the old Agra-Lahore road.

Mughal Period · 17th century

Monument

Shambhu Sarai

SAS Nagar (Mohali) · Puadh

A near-complete early 17th-century Mughal sarai near Rajpura.

Mughal Period · 17th century

Monument

Sarai Raja Todar Mal

Patiala · Malwa

Mughal-period sarai in the centre of Rajpura, on the old Lahore-Agra road

Mughal Period · 17th century

Haveli

Chaman Lal Khosla Haveli

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar · Doaba

18th-century Haveli of the Khosla family in Rahon, inspired the design of the Museum of Rural Life of Punjab at PAU, Ludhiana.

Mughal Period · 18th century

Haveli

Halim Di Kothi (Haveli of Hafiz Muhammad Halim)

Fatehgarh Sahib · Malwa

A historic haveli in Bassi Pathana, a Pathan-founded town of Patiala State, belonging to Hafiz Muhammad Halim.

Mughal Period · 18th century

Fort

Shahpurkandi Fort

Pathankot · Majha

Stone fort above the Ravi

Mughal Period · 1518

The brick throne where Akbar sat to be crowned as the emperor.

Monument

Akbar Coronation Site (Takht-i-Akbari)

Gurdaspur · Majha

Brick platform in Kalanaur, where Akbar was crowned Mughal emperor in 1556.

Mughal Period · 1556

Tomb

Tomb of Shamsher Khan

Gurdaspur · Majha

An octagonal garden tomb of 1589-90 beside a vast Mughal tank in Batala. It is painted inside with floral and swastika patterns and was built by one of Akbar’s nobles.

Mughal Period · 1589

Tomb

Tomb of Jamil Beg (Ruins)

Gurdaspur · Majha

A lost Mughal tomb at Kalanaur, built around 1604. Its glory survives only in photographs.

Mughal Period · 1603

Tomb

Tomb of Jamal Khan

Rupnagar · Puadh

A large domed tomb at Rupar built on the same plan as the Ustad and Shagird tombs at Sirhind, with birds painted inside its corner arches.

Mughal Period · 1620

Monument

Dakhni Serai

Jalandhar · Doaba

One of the best-preserved Mughal sarais in Punjab

Mughal Period · 1640s

Tomb

Tomb of Sarai Nurdi

Tarn Taran · Majha

A Mughal octagonal tomb beside the old Agra-Lahore road near Tarn Taran.

Mughal Period · 1654

Mosque

Bahrampur Mosque

Gurdaspur · Majha

An Aurangzeb-era mosque near Dina Nagar featuring three domes.

Mughal Period · 1685

Fort

Qila Mubarak Patiala

Patiala · Malwa

Qila Mubarak is a fortress of Sikh architecture in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was the residential palace of the Maharaja of Patiala.

Mughal Period · 1763

Sikh Empire

Fort

Mani Majra Fort

SAS Nagar (Mohali) · Puadh

An 18th-century Sikh fort in Manimajra, Chandigarh, built as the capital of the small Manimajra princely state founded by Gareeb Das Dhillon in 1764.

Sikh Empire Period · 18th century

Fort

Badrukhan Fort

Sangrur · Malwa

18th-century fort in Badrukhan, Sangrur, built under Raja Gajpat Singh of Jind. It is the maternal home of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s mother

Sikh Empire Period · 18th century

Monument

Burj Lehna Singh

Amritsar · Majha

A lost watchtower in the village of Wanieke, near Attari, where Maharaja Ranjit Singh is said to have rested during a grave illness.

Sikh Empire Period · 18th century

Haveli

Palace of Maharaja Sher Singh

Gurdaspur · Majha

Sikh-era palace in Batala, originally a summer residence of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and later the house of Maharaja Sher Singh, now part of Baring Union Christian College.