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Attractions
Shalamar
Garden:
This impressive Mughal monument
is on the Grand Trunk Road five kilometres towards the Indian
border from the center of Lahore.Laid out by Shah Jahan in 1642
for the pleasure of royal household, which often stayed here for
days or weeks at a time.
In design, it conforms to the
classic Mughal conception of the perfect garden and consist of
three terraces of straight, shaded walk sets around a perfectly
symmetrical arrangement of ponds, waterfalls, marble pavalions,
all surrounded by flower beds and fruit trees and enclosed
within a wall and more than 400 fountains. There are also huge
fruit trees and little chipmunks scamper about.
The emperor's sleeping quarters
are at the center of the west wall, across from Dewan-e-Aam (Hall
of Public Audience). The emperor walked through this hall daily
to show himself to the public gathered in a separate walled
garden outside.
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