Walled-city of Lahore has been famous for its twelve Gates along with an opening, making a total of thirteen. Akbar built the wall and Gates around the city in his regime 1584-1598 CE to make this riverside city safe from the invaders as well as from the local criminals. The Mughal miniatures present few patterns of these Gates as the backdrops however, the British period artists of the 19th century carried out many outstanding watercolours and lithographs displaying the architectural details of these Gates. Later, these Gates of Lahore became a major subject matter for many prominent visual artists of Pakistan. This research paper aims at the Lahore Gates in reference with the visual arts, significantly being rendered by the prominent Pakistani artists. The study also explores the social and cultural patterns of everyday life within and around these Gates in a descriptive and analytical manner. Seven prominent visual artists have been selected for this research and their diversified mediums of visual arts. These mediums are Watercolour, Oil-colour, Printmaking, and Ceramics which represent an assortment of style and technique but aims at the common subject matter; the Lahore Gates. The research paper has been written following the MLA Writing Style.

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