Type: Monument - Fort
Province: Azad Jammu and Kashmir
District: Kotli
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1799-1849 CE
Description: The fort is situating at the top of a peak, irregular in plan, built with limestone in lime mortar. It has several niches and slits of varied size, depicting designs around the fortification walls. The entrance is in the south-west direction. There are two large tanks for water reservation, built up with burnt bricks and lime mortar, which is still survived up to some extent. There are also several rooms inside but most of them are destroyed completely, and only have their foundations covered with vegetation. There also remains of steps leading to and out of the fort with guard room like structures just at entrance point on the inner side. It is a large fort and indicates its central position in defense, keeping in view its strategic location and size. There are also potshards scattered over the floor of the fort in small quantity. The nearby villagers use the fort as a quarry, and are continuously using its stones for making roads, houses and boundaries of their land and other properties. The fort is also being used as grazing ground for cattle due to dense vegetation. The fort is unique in its size and location. It needs immediate protection and conservation. The fort is possibly belong to the Sikh/Dogra period.
Latitude: 33.353611111
Longitude: 74.058027778
Ownership: Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Threat to the Cultural Heritage of Pakistan Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan
Published In: Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 2020
Year of Publication: 2020
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ashraf, Ghani-ur-Rahman
