Tomb of Jahangir A Visit To A Historical Place In Pakistan

A visit to a historical place is highly educative. These places afford us a glimpse into the past. These are the marks of the different stages of the evolution of our culture.These reflect the great interest of the Muslim rulers in art and architecture. These are a symbol of their grandeur and magnanimity.

Once the History Society of our college planned to visit the famous.Tomb of Jahangir at Lahore. It was a place which many of us had not visited although we had heard a lot about it. The in charge of the society appointed the secretary of the society to collect the contribution and make necessary arrangements within a couple of days. On the appointed day we set out for Lahore and reached there at about 10 A.M. We decided to go to the tomb of Noor Jahan, the great queen of India first of all. Surrounded by beautiful parks, the front portion of the tomb presented a magnificent look whereas the main building did not appear to be looked after properly. We offered Fateha and proceeded to the arena where great king of India lay buried.

In a few moments we reached the tomb. The moment we entered through the big gate and looked round,we were rather disappointed. We thought that the tomb was not such a marvellous affair as we had expected to be, but the surprise really waited for us. As we moved further, we went into a garden. We crosses the magnificent garden to the entrance of the tomb and instead of going in decided to climb the towers first. From the tower we could see the city of Lahore which lay as one mass of different colours, of different shades and different heights.It seemed as if the river Ravi was flowing right under our feet and the valley of the river in its broadness and bareness, was picturesque indeed.

We enjoyed a lot. we came down from the tower, took our shoes off and walked into the main building of the tomb. The passage to the tomb was done in beautiful tiles with flowers in the in the best tradition of Mughal Style.

What surprised us most was the freshness and grandeur of the tomb which had been built more than three hundred years ago. It was awe-inspiring to see and feel that the place where we were standing was actually the place where the Emperor of India, the Great Mughal Jahangir, was buried. At a place like that fancy and imagination could be allowed to run free, but we also had in our minds the thoughts of getting back home before it was late for the mid-day meal. We came back with the impression that we definitely had seen one of the great monuments of history of the sub-continent.