Rohtas Fort I Built by Giants or Humans I Snake & Governor's Wife I Suri Museum I English Subtitles

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Rohtas Fort I Built by Giants or Humans I Snake & Governor's Wife I Suri Museum I English Subtitles

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Rohtas Fort or Rotas Ghur (قلعہ روہتاس) is a 16th-century fortress located near the city of Dina in Jhelum district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. which is one of the largest and most formidable in Punjab.

Due to its location, massive walls, trap gates, and baolis (step-wells), Rohtas Fort could withstand a major siege but never had to. The fort remains remarkably intact and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. UNESCO called it an "exceptional example of the Muslim military architecture of Central and South Asia."

Rohtas Fort is in Pakistan approximately 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) northwest of Jhelum and is near the city of Dina. The fort is 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) from Khukha and Gaggar Khurd. It lies 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) south of the Grand Trunk Road, one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. The historic Badshahi Road road once passed along the northern outer wall of the fort.

Rohtas Fort is situated on a hill in the Tilla Jogian Range, overlooking a gorge where the Kahān River meets a seasonal stream called Parnal Khas. The fort is positioned 91.5 meters (300 ft) above its surroundings. It is 819 meters (2,687 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 70 hectares (170 acres)

Sher Shah Suri, the founder of the Sur Empire of India, commissioned Rohtas Fort to defend against the Mughals and to block future advances of the defeated Mughal Emperor Humayun. The fort occupied a strategic position between the mountains of Afghanistan and the plains of Punjab, preventing Humayun from returning to India from his exile in Persia. Its name celebrated Sher Shah Suri's 1539 capture of the Rohtas Fort in the Shahabad district of Bihar from a Hindu prince.

The construction of Rohtas Fort started in 1541 under the supervision of finance minister Todar Mal. However, its construction soon stopped when the local Gakkar population was unwilling to work on the project, possibly because they had been allies of the deposed Mughals. Todar Mal raised the workers' wages, encouraging many of the Gakkars to help with the fort's construction. However, Sher Shah Suri died in 1545 before the fort was completed.

With Sher Shah Suri's death, Humayan returned to regain his rule of the Punjab region. Rohtas Fort was ceded to Humayun in 1555. As a result, the fort lost much of its defensive significance. It was never popular with the Mughals because of its plain military style and lack of gardens. In the 1580s, Emperor Akbar constructed the nearby Attock Fort that was a better fit to Mughal interests.

Akbar only stayed at Rohtas Fort for a single night. Emperor Jahangir rested there for one night while traveling to Kashmir. He noted, "This fort was founded in a cleft and the strength of it cannot be imagined." Later, after his victorious return from a forced exile in Kabul, Jahangir convened his court at Rohtas Fort for a short time.

During the Mughal era, the fort was used almost continuously until 1707. The Afsharid ruler Nader Shah camped at the fort during his invasion of the Mughal Empire. After that, it was used by the Afghan Durrani chieftain Ahmad Shah Durrani during his invasions of Punjab against the Sikhs. It was taken over by the Marathas in 1758 but the Afghans retook the fort in 1759. The Durrani chieftain Timur Shah Durrani retook Multan from the Sikhs in 1780 after defeating them at Rohtas.

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