Taxali Gate

The Taxali Gate is one of the 12 gates of the old medieval walled city of Lahore, now in Pakistan. It dates from Mughal times.^[1]

History[change | change source]

The Royal Mint (where coins were made) of the Mughal Empire or Taxal, was here. The gate was named for that.^[2]

Present[change | change source]

Today, there is no mint here. There is a very famous shoe market, Sheikhupurian Bazaar.^[3] People can go there and try Desi (local) foods like Siri Paya and many types of sweets.^[4]

The world-famous Heera Mandi red light area is also in this area.^[4] This was made famous in Rudyard Kipling's novel, Kim (published 1901).^[5]

References[change | change source]

↑ B Gascoine, 'The Great Mughals', 1971.
↑ Gascoine, aa; also see M Shafiq, 'Old Lahore', pub Lahore 2001
↑ Isobel Shaw, Lahore section of 'Pakistan Handbook' 1988
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Shaw, aa
↑ Shafiq, aa

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[1] B Gascoine, 'The Great Mughals', 1971.

[2] Gascoine, aa; also see M Shafiq, 'Old Lahore', pub Lahore 2001

[3] Isobel Shaw, Lahore section of 'Pakistan Handbook' 1988

[Shaw,_aa-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Shaw, aa

[5] Shafiq, aa

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