Ambala, India
6883/4, Court Road, Old Town
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Good for kids
Anyone travelling on India’s road network in the north of the country may from time to time see a curious little structure standing in isolation by the side of the road. Seemingly unassociated with anything else around them, to the casual observer they can probably be best described as enlarged stone salt/pepper pots. Kos Minar or Mughal Mile stone The Kos Minars or Mile Pillars are medieval milestones that were made by the Afghan Ruler Sher Shah Suri and later on by Mughal emperors. These monuments are known as Kos Minars. A Kos is an ancient Indian unit of distance representing approximately 3.22 kilometers (2 miles), and is 1/4 of a Yojana, a vedic measurement of distance. The use of Yojana scratches back to the ancient vedic texts, and was used by Ashoka in his Major Rock Edict No.13 to describe the distance between Patliputra and Babylone. Minar means ‘Pillar’, so the broad translation of Kos Minar is ‘Mile Pillar’, even though one kos is not strictly speaking an exact mile in measurement. Interestingly, elderly people in many rural areas of the Indian subcontinent still refer to distances from nearby areas in kos.
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Tells us the history and importance of Ambala in older times. Easily accessible from railway station
Only few archeological sites and remains are preserved in India it is one of such kind.on one hand it tells us about rich and scientific Heritage with measurements and exact calculations centuries ago on other hand it says even king's and crowns are gone life is a short journey let's make it a immortal one by contributing positively in our innings towards society and needy.
Tourist place. Low attraction
This is a historic place which formed in the time of ruler shershah surri in 1540 nice place where the history things are placed here. This place is very beautifull place in ambala city ambala city a hub of scientific instruments and rich in production of mango in haryana
Not promoted that much and is in very crowded area, hurried behind setups by street vendors
This kos minar is situated in the city. It is about 6 km from the national highway 44. It is little bit taller than the other kos minars on NH 44. Besides, its structure is also different. It is located in very tight and crowdy market. It took us 40 minutes to go there and come back to NH 44.
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