JAHANGIR WAS A MUGHAL EMPEROR who, similar to all great Mughal heads, wanted to chase eland. He likewise adored his treasured pet Mansraj (signifying "Light of the Mind") who was a pronghorn. Something will undoubtedly turn out badly. 

Hiran Minar

What's more, wrong something did for sure go, when Jahangir was chasing with companions on his game safeguard close Sheikhupura when he espied a gazelle that end up being an enticing quarry. The whys and wherefores — errant shot? mixed up character? strategic troubles of cervine pet proprietorship? — have been lost to the fogs of time, however what is sure is that poor Mansraj was chopped during that time in 1606. 

Blasted by the misfortune, Jahangir paid tribute to the memory of his pet by developing the 100-foot-tall Hiran Minar (signifying "Deer Tower"). The head of the pinnacle incorporates a spot to bury Mansraj's remaining parts, while the edge of the pinnacle highlights gaps that were in all probability used to mount the heads of creature trophies taken by the ruler. An odd method to respect a creature companion slaughtered in a chasing setback? Certainly, however despondency does unusual things to a man. 

In 1634, Jahangir's replacement Shah Jahan visited his dad's preferred chasing protect and chose to add to the complex by developing a huge water tank and octagonal structure toward the east of the commemoration tower (for setting, this was two years after Shah Jahan began building the Taj Mahal – fellow jumped at the chance to construct). The rectangular water tank estimates 750 feet by 895 feet and highlights a modern arrangement of channels and catchment bowls to keep up the water level. Block slopes in each side of the tank give access to the water to creatures living in the safeguard. 

The octagonal structure, which filled in as an imperial retreat, sits in the tank and is open by means of a curved stone scaffold that leads straightforwardly from the structure to the pinnacle. In spite of being upstaged by these more current structures, the first pinnacle despite everything gives the name to the site all in all, and Hiran Minar stays a demonstration of an endearing — if somewhat erratic — interspecial companionship.

Lahore Fort Elephant Path: Lahore, Pakistan