Malot Fort was built in the 10th century AD and has the synthesis of Kashmiri and Greek architecture. Constructed following the decline and eventual disappearance of Greek Taxila, Malot Fort was developed by the stonemasons of the Potohar plateau who preserved the Greek architectural techniques across multiple generations. Rudyard Kipling described it in his novel, Kim as "...by workmen whose hands were feeling, and not unskilfully, for the mysteriously transmitted Grecian touch."
Over the course of a millennium, the hill on which Malot resides has experienced geological alterations, resulting in the formation of narrow fissures.
http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.com/2014/06/Salman-Rashid.html
Photo curtesy: Zaheer Chaudhry
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