Aam Khas Bagh

With support from Autodesk and in collaboration with the Archeological Survey of India and Plant Engineering Geometric Service (PEGS), CyArk with to digitally capture a 16th century hammam -- a spa or bathhouse -- which lies at the center of the Aam Khas Bagh inn/garden complex in Punjab, India. The project utilized a combination of terrestrial LiDAR scanning technology and photogrammetry, to document the building itself and a local network of underground terracotta channels that once heated water for the site. Known today as Aam Khas Bagh, this sixteenth century Mughal garden complex was originally named for Hafiz Sultan Muhammad Rakhna of Herat, the famed shiqdar (revenue collector) of Sirhind. Aam Khas Bagh is a key monument along the historic Grand Trunk Road, the imperial highway of the Mughal era used to traverse the north of the Indian Subcontinent. The garden complex complements a small palace and contains three rectangular enclosures, including domed bastions, an artificial lake, a long water channel adorned with carved fountains, and a traditional bathhouse (the hammam). Today, the site is under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India and has been listed on the World Monuments Fund Watch List since 2012. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link: N/A