Type: Monument - Mosque
Province: Punjab
District: Lahore
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: Badshahi mosque was built during the period of Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir. It is square in plan, built on a raised platform. The main entrance is on the east. It has a vast courtyard measuring around 49.2 sq. m divided into two parts. The upper part is further divided into three parts, the central portion or the main courtyard of the mosque proper and the two sides which are lower by one step than the central one. The interior consists of two deep long halls. The front compartment is divided into two big halls by the intercepting central vault. The four corner minars with an outer circumference of 20.4 m rise 53.6 m high above their plinth. The top pavilion carried over 8 octagonal columns is alone 32m high. It is circular and hollow inside the center and is occupied by a vertical shaft round which run 204 steps to ascend to the top pavilion.
Latitude: 31.588055556
Longitude: 74.310000000
Ownership: AUQAF
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
