Type: Monument - Garden
Province: Punjab
District: Rawalpindi
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: About 15 km from Taxila on the main G.T. Road at Wah, there is a complex of Garden, pavilions and tanks known as Farud Gah Shahan-i-Mughlia, constructed during the days of Emperor Akbar by Man Singh. It was also visited by Emperor Jahangir. Like the other pleasure gardens of the Mughal period, this garden was also divided into three stages through screen walls having main entrance on the west. In between the first and middle stages was an imposing pavilion having a cascade, a cistern and water channels, the middle stage had the main water tank (60mx60m) and a pavilion at its end.
Latitude: 33.801253292
Longitude: 72.700510294
Ownership: Federal Government
Legal Status: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992)
Title of Publication: Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975
Published In: Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 1987
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ahmad Nabi
