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Chauburji (Four Towers) is a Mughal era monument (at Lahore, capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab), it is located on Lahore's Multan Road at the intersection of Bahawalpur Road, which leads southwards to Multan, and was the gateway to an extensive garden known to have existed in Mughal times. The monument was built in 1646 C.E. during the reign of the emperor Shah Jahan. It previously acted as a gateway to a large garden, it is said that the attached garden might not have survived due to river Ravi flooding in the area of, and the structure is now located in a grassy roundabout at the busy intersection of Lahore's Multan Road, and Bahawalpur Road. The Mughal garden is believed to have extended from Nawankot in the south, and extending towards Lahore city. Chauburji, the name was likely given by later generations, as the original site was seen as a monumental gateway to an extensive garden in the Mughal Empire period.
During a severe earthquake in 1846, the north-western minaret collapsed and cracks appeared in the central arch. This has however been restored (The restoration was carried out in the late 1960s.) as much as was reasonably possible and the gateway now looks quite as it might have been during the time of its Mughal patroness.
The establishment of this garden is often attributed to Mughal Princess Zeb-un-Nisa, who is believed to be referenced in an inscription naming her "Sahib-e-Zebinda Begam-e-Dauran." The princess was eight years old at the time of construction, so it has been suggested that the inscription may actually be in reference to her aunt, Jahanara Begum, who was a daughter of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.