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Rohtas Fort
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How it came to be
In 1541 Sher Shah Suri, founder of the Sur dynasty, began Rohtas Fort on a hill in the Punjab in northern Pakistan, after defeating the Mughal emperor Humayun. His finance minister Todar Mal supervised the work.
Set at a strategic point between the Pothohar hills and the Punjab plains, it was meant to subdue the rebellious Gakhars and keep Humayun from returning. Walls more than 4 kilometres long, with 68 bastions and 12 gates, enclose 70 hectares.
The fort stayed in use until 1707 and was later reoccupied by the Durranis and the Sikhs. Over a third of it is taken up by Rohtas village, still lived in today. It was inscribed in 1997.
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