Tulaja Fort () is a ruined fort in

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History

According to local sources, Tulaja Fort was founded five thousand years ago and was then named Til An Ja. The entrance to the fort was located in a

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. Only through the

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could the fort be accessed, as it was surrounded by large stones. The area used to receive water from the neighbouring creek. In October 2021, a team of researchers found that the site is two thousand years old. It is under the administration of the Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab, a department of the

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References

Forts in Punjab, Pakistan {{Fort-stub