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Location: Shiekhupura Pakistan

Hiran Minar ( "The Deer Tower") is an early 17th-century Mughal era complex located in Sheikhupura, in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The complex was built at the site of a game / hunting reserve in honour of Mughal Emperor Jahangir's beloved antelope named Mansraj "Light of the Mind". The reserve was built in a scrub forest, and allowed Mughal emperors to experience a sense of semi-wilderness near the imperial city of Lahore.The game-reserve was used as a park where visitors could enjoy the sport of hunting.

As legend would have it, Mansraj had been trained to lure other antelope and wild animals into the hunting reserve and were subsequently hunted, however, it was accidentally killed in the sport of hunting by the emperor himself.

The Emperor himself than had a Minaret constructed in the Honour of Mainsraj at the spot where it was slain. The Minaret is 100meters tall and built in 1606 CE. The practice of building such tomb-markers over the skulls of game animals is an ancient Persian custom

A massive rectangular water-tank pool measuring 229 metres by 273 metres lies at the heart of the complex. At the center of each side of the tank, a brick ramp slopes down to the water, providing access for wild game that were sought by hunters.

It also has a large pavillion in the center of the Pool and a causeway leading to the Pavillion. The Pavillion is two storey octagonal and topped by a roof top chatri that served as a stone gazebo. The Causeway and the Pavillion were constructed later during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan

Description
Location: Shiekhupura Pakistan

Hiran Minar ( "The Deer Tower") is an early 17th-century Mughal era complex located in Sheikhupura, in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The complex was built at the site of a game / hunting reserve in honour of Mughal Emperor Jahangir's beloved antelope named Mansraj "Light of the Mind". The reserve was built in a scrub forest, and allowed Mughal emperors to experience a sense of semi-wilderness near the imperial city of Lahore.The game-reserve was used as a park where visitors could enjoy the sport of hunting.

As legend would have it, Mansraj had been trained to lure other antelope and wild animals into the hunting reserve and were subsequently hunted, however, it was accidentally killed in the sport of hunting by the emperor himself.

The Emperor himself than had a Minaret constructed in the Honour of Mainsraj at the spot where it was slain. The Minaret is 100meters tall and built in 1606 CE. The practice of building such tomb-markers over the skulls of game animals is an ancient Persian custom

A massive rectangular water-tank pool measuring 229 metres by 273 metres lies at the heart of the complex. At the center of each side of the tank, a brick ramp slopes down to the water, providing access for wild game that were sought by hunters.

It also has a large pavillion in the center of the Pool and a causeway leading to the Pavillion. The Pavillion is two storey octagonal and topped by a roof top chatri that served as a stone gazebo. The Causeway and the Pavillion were constructed later during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan