Malot Fort
{{Infobox building
|name = Malot Fort
|image = Malot temple, Jhelum, Punjab.jpg
|caption = A view of Malot Fort
|location = Chakwal District, Pakistan
|coordinates = {{coord|32|41|0|N|72|48|0|E|region:PK|display=inline, title}}
|completion_date = 10th Century
}}
Malot Fort ({{langx|ur|ملوٹ قلعہ}}) is a temple-fortress located in Chakwal District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.{{Cite web|url=https://chakwal.punjab.gov.pk/important_places|title=Important Places in Chakwal}}{{Cite web|url=https://jang.com.pk/news/1028961|title=سالٹ رینج میں واقع قدیم ملوٹ قلعہ|website=jang.com.pk}} It is part of the Salt Range in Kalar Kahar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.pk/story/2200215/1|title=سالٹ رینج میں واقع ملوٹ قلعہ اورمندروں کی بحالی - ایکسپریس اردو}}{{Cite web|url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/special-feature/2017-04-18/18338|title=Roznama Dunya: اسپیشل فیچرز :- قلعہ ملوٹ توڑ پھوڑکا شکار|website=Roznama Dunya: اسپیشل فیچرز :-}}
History
File:Front facade of malot temple.jpg
Malot Fort was built in the 10th century AD and has the synthesis of Kashmiri and Greek architecture.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/846090|title=Preserving Malot fort|date=April 18, 2010|website=DAWN.COM}} Constructed following the decline and eventual disappearance of Greek Taxila, Malot Fort was developed by the stonemasons of the Potohar plateau who preserved the Greek architectural techniques across multiple generations.{{Cite web|url=https://jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2010-weekly/nos-25-04-2010/foo.htm#1|title=Footloose, NOS,|website=The News International}} Rudyard Kipling described it in his novel, Kim as "...by workmen whose hands were feeling, and not unskilfully, for the mysteriously transmitted Grecian touch."
Over the course of a millennium, the hill on which Malot resides has experienced geological alterations, resulting in the formation of narrow fissures.
Architecture
Malot Fort built of local red sand stones of Salt Range mountains, is located on the road leading to Malot village near Choi village.