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Tahkhana Palace Ruins

TIME : 2016/2/17 11:17:00

About 100m beyond Sona Masjid, turn left down a signposted lane and keep walking for about 250m until you reach this small complex of ruins overlooking a small pond. The principle building is the Tahkhana Palace , built by Shah Shuja in the early 17th century and the area’s major Mughal-era building. A large two-storey brick edifice, it once contained more than two dozen rooms as well as a hammam (bathhouse) served by terracotta water pipes. Just beyond this is the attractive Shah Niamatullah Mosque , a three-domed mosque built in 1560. Close by is the Mausoleum of Shah Niamatullah Wali , with one dome and four squat towers.