PROFORMA FOR LISTING OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS & SITES

Serial No. 2 City/Town/Village -,GT ROAD, Rajendra Nagar,

Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh- 201007

1. Name (Mention the name(s) of the Property by which it is popularly known. In the absence of any known name,
mention the Building/House No. and Street name)- Known as Sher Shah Suri Sarai
Present Name: Sher Shah Suri Sarai
Past/ Other Name(s): (Mention only if different from the present name)

2. Location
Latitude (In decimal degrees, eg: 28.591750 N): 28.678445°
Longitude (In decimal degrees, eg: 77.222041 E): 77.372247°
Address (Mention complete address with plot/building no, Locality Name, Village/ Town / City name, District, State
and Pin code): Near Shyam Park Metro, GT Road, Rajendra Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh-
201007
Approach (Describe the approach to the property from the access road or nearest landmark with an approximate
distance): Nearest landmark is Shyam Park metro from their approximate distance is 230 m.

3. Property Type
Type: Site
Typology:  Archaeological
Subtype (Mention the specific building type like Bungalow, Palace, Temple, Well etc.): Sarai

4. Date of Construction (Mention the exact or precise date/ year/ period of construction along with the source of that
information like plaque, signboard or name of the owner/ other resource person)
Date/ Year/ Period: 16th Century
Source of information:
https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/ghaziabad-ncr-historic-inn-found-in-ghaziabad-which-was-b
uilt-during-the-reign-of-sher-shah-suri-jagran-special-20655113.html

5. Ownership
Single/Multiple (Single – Individual/ Trust/ Government body/ Local body; Multiple – 2 or more individuals/ Family/
Community) N/A
Public/Private (Public – Government body/ Local body/ Government institutions/ Community/ ASI or State
Department of Archaeology; Private –Individual(s)/ Family/ Private institutions/ Trusts) N/A
Any other (specify) - Not Protected and not owned by anyone
Name of owner: N/A
Address: N/A

6. Property Use

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In use/ Partial Use/ Abandoned (In use – Properties being used; Partial use – Only a part of the property is in
use; Abandoned – Properties not in use or abandoned): It’s mostly abandoned but used as a garbage
house and used as a depot by nearby automobile repairing shop.
Present use: It’s mostly abandoned but used as a garbage house and used as a depot by
nearby automobile repairing shop.
Past use: It was Sarai built by Sher Shah Suri on GT Road, so used by travelers for rest and sleep back
in the time.
7. Status of Protection (Write protected only if protected by law)
Unprotected

8. Significance (In a short paragraph, please describe the significance or the values that individuals or
groups attach to the property, based on which it should be listed and protected)
shape is half-cylindrical, a single-storey and one
Archaeological - As this is a 16th-century old
building and has 3 arches left one is where we
site, it has archeological significance but locals
can enter inside and other two are blocked
don’t know about this site’s significance.
because of garbage and vegetation. The plaster
Historical - ‘Sarai’ used by travelers and
has fallen down and only bricks are visible.
merchants to rest and sleep, that was the purpose
Artistic
of it. As this on GT road which was earlier
Scientific
constructed by Sher Shah Suri from Bengal to
Socio-economic
Afghanistan, is a small complex but surely holds
a lot of history and narratives. Emotional
Architectural - The brick which is used in this Spiritual
Sarai to build this is called ‘Lahori Brick’ which Socio-cultural
was prominent in the Sher Shah Suri period and Community
during the early Mughals in the 16th century. Its Associational

9. Associated Intangible values (Mention the oral traditions, social practices, rituals, festive events,
Knowledge and practices of traditional crafts, etc.)

10. Architectural Description (Mention the architectural style followed by details about the site &
surrounding, plan, size, facade, decorative features, building materials and construction techniques) - Sher
Shah Suri Sarai is in half-cylindrical solid shape. It was made up of ‘Lahori Brick’ which was prominent
during the Sher Shah Suri and Humayun’s reign in the Mughal dynasty. It’s one building complex with three
arches in front. And on the backside of the site, there is a water tap attached to the site and an extended wall
which is making washroom kind of structure. And on the left side, there is an Automobile repairing shop
which has mostly covered the left side of the structure with a plastic cloth. It’s doesn’t have any decorative
features that remain. This structure is very close to the GT Road.

11. Condition Description (Describe the condition of the property in terms of defects like lost patches of
plaster, loose brickwork, dampness issues, structural problems like cracks, collapsed parts, addition and
alterations, past repairs. Also mention the location of these problems/ alterations in the property) Plaster has
fallen down from the site and in some parts, the exterior part of the brick has also fallen down and most of the
places bricks are very loose. Vegetation has grown on the upper part of the Sarai. The front structure has
mostly been lost in history now, we can only see the arches part now which is inside the structure, only the left
side exterior wall is remaining through that we can imagine the structure would have exterior wall too.
Ground-level now has raised a lot, the lower part of the structure is underground and it’s very evident. The
back part of the structure is use to keep garbage and on the roof, there is a water tank and tap attached to the
tank to provide water washroom purposes.

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 12. Threats: Structural distress, Vegetation growth, Division of property, Neglect, Garbage
disposal, Abandonment
13. State of Conservation: Advanced State of Decay

14. Grade
Archaeological: A/B/C
Historical: A/B/C
Architectural: A/B/C
Socio-cultural: A/B/C
Ecological: A/B/C
Final Grading: I/IIA/IIB/III

15. Remarks

16. Potential of Site

17. Source
Books/ Reports/ Published articles/Websites/Local Resource person
(Author, Title, Publisher, Date, Page no., Weblink)
Maps/plan/Drawings

Lister’s Name - Priyansh Maurya

Address- S2, Plot No 13, 150 Foot Road, Shalimar Garden, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh- 201005

Date of Listing - 25th Jan 2022

18. Photographs (Provide at least three high resolution photographs:

1) Resolution 300 dpi or higher
2) At least one photograph showing the whole front facade along with immediate surroundings.
3) Make sure the photographs are not pixelated, blurred or tilted. Hold the camera still and parallel to the ground. Avoid
skewed perspectives.
4) Avoid capturing the buildings with cars or people in front.
5) Avoid submitting photographs of the same detail from different angles.