SARAI MUGHAL (2018)

Date of  visit 04-03-2018
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Tomb in Sarai Mughal

Ten years back Sir Salman Rasheed wrote enlightening writing about Sarai Chamba and Akbar era tomb near Sarai Mughal.

Sarai Mughal is a small village that lies hardly seven kilometers from the Head Baloki. Last year, I traveled to Sarai Mughal to visit one of the tomb sites. Fortunately, along with that tomb, I found remnants of two more historical edifices in Sarai Mughal Village. Not sure what was the name of Sarai Mughal in the past, but it is named like this due to the presence of a caravanserai in its vicinity. 

An arched gateway standing in the middle of the village constructed from Mughal era bricks. Imran Saeed is another brilliant historical writer who has visited this place and he thought that this could be the only evidence that this place once lies between the ancient route between Lahore and Multan that was called Kakkhan Wali Sarak.

The other landmark, found in this village was ruins of a British-era rest house. The most notable thing about that rest house was that it was also constructed from Mughal era bricks. These Mughal era bricks must be taken from the parts of old Sarai building.

Also, I found many houses in this village which construction done by Mughal era bricks.