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"I
have purchased Lahore with my life, By giving my life
for Lahore, actually I have purchased another Paradise."
-Empress Nur Jahan.
Lahore
is a municipal city, has been the capital of Punjab
for nearly a thousand years, and the administrative
head-quarters of a Division and District of the same
name. It is situated one mile to the south of the river
Ravi, and some
23 miles from the eastern border of the district. The
city is built in the form of a parallelogram, the area
within the walls, exclusive of the citadel, being about
461 acres. It stands on the alluvial plain traversed
by the river Ravi. The city is slightly elevated above
the plain, and has a high ridge within it, running east
and west on its northern side. The whole of this elevated
ground is composed of the accumulated debris of many
centuries. The river, which makes a very circuitous
bend from the East, passes in a semi-circle to the North
of Lahore.
Lahore
has a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. It is a fine place
to watch the world rush by. The improbable mix of painted
trucks, cars, bullock carts, buses, handcarts, scooters
with whole families. A classical city, according to
the words of Nur Jahan.
Main
entrance, Old Lahore port
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