World Heritage Property

Status: UNESCO World Heritage property (inscribed 1997) · Punjab · criteria (ii)(iv) · UNESCO ref 586

Overview (Verified — UNESCO)

A 16th-century garrison fort built by Sher Shah Suri, an exceptional example of early Muslim military architecture in South Asia, with over four kilometres of walls, 68 bastions and monumental gateways.

Location

Punjab, Pakistan. Property boundary and buffer zone as recorded by the World Heritage Centre — see the UNESCO record.

Criteria for inscription (Verified — UNESCO)

Inscribed under criteria (ii)(iv).

Conservation and the UNESCO record (Verified — UNESCO decisions)

• 21 COM VIII.C (1997) — inscription

Reported threats (PWHI analysis — verification required per site)

Erosion of masonry, water action, encroachment within the walls.

PWHI position (PWHI analysis)

PWHI calls for project-level Heritage Impact Assessment for any development affecting the property or its buffer zone, submitted to the World Heritage Centre before irreversible decisions, and for the timely delivery of the management and disaster-risk instruments requested by the Committee.

Sources

• UNESCO World Heritage Centre — property record: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/586
• UNESCO Committee decisions (via PWHI Heritage Intelligence decision corpus)
• PWHI editorial analysis is labelled as such and is not an official or UNESCO determination.