| Serai Lashkari Khan | |
|---|---|
 Serai Lashkari Khan | |
| Type | Caravanserai |
| Location | Kot Panaich,Ludhiana District,Punjab, India |
| Coordinates | 30°45′18″N76°05′24″E / 30.7551°N 76.0901°E /30.7551; 76.0901 |
| Area | 13.36 acres (5.41 ha) |
| Built | 1078AH (1667AD) |
| Architectural style | Mughal |
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Serai Lashkari Khan located nearGurdwara Manji Sahib, Kotan (nearDoraha) inLudhiana District,Punjab, India is a historical inn, orcaravanserai, built byMughal military general Lashkari Khan in 1667 CE, during the reign ofEmperor Aurangzeb.[1][2]
A specimen of major structural types ofIslamic architecture, this is one of many caravanserais meant to be halting places along the old Mughal highway connectingAgra,Delhi andLahore. These caravanserais played an important role in economic, cultural and political life but gradually fell in disuse with shifting routes and advent ofrailroads in the nineteenth century. Many of these disappeared altogether due to modernization and urban expansion.[3]
The historic inn, though declared as a protected monument, has largely been neglected and has been in a dilapidated condition.[4]
This caravanserai became widely known after it was featured in the popular movieRang De Basanti, known by the acronym RDB. Some tourists started referring to it as the "RDB fort".[5][6][7][8]
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