Rohtasgarh Fort

E480938

archaeological site fortress hill fort

Rohtasgarh Fort is a historic hill fort in present-day Bihar, India, renowned for its massive defensive architecture and strategic importance during medieval and Mughal periods.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rohtasgarh Fort canonical	1
Rohtasgarh Fort (nearby)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ fortress ⓘ hill fort ⓘ
access	trekking route up the hill ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Afghan style military architecture ⓘ Indo-Islamic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Afghan rulers in India ⓘ Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sher Shah Suri NERFINISHED ⓘ Sur Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionPeriod	medieval period ⓘ
controlledBy	Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sur dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ local zamindars ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
currentCondition	ruins ⓘ
feature	bastions ⓘ granaries ⓘ massive defensive walls ⓘ moats and ditches ⓘ mosques ⓘ multiple gates ⓘ palace ruins ⓘ stepwells ⓘ temples ⓘ water reservoirs ⓘ
governingBody	Archaeological Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Rohtas Fort (Bihar) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rohtas Garh NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument (Archaeological Survey of India) ⓘ
historicalRegion	Magadh region NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownSince	Sher Shah Suri era ⓘ
locatedIn	Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaimur plateau region NERFINISHED ⓘ Rohtas district NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Sasaram NERFINISHED ⓘ Son River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	hill ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Raja Rohitashva (legendary king) NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfSignificance	16th century ⓘ Mughal period ⓘ
region	eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateParty	Government of Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	command over Son River valley ⓘ control of routes between North India and Eastern India ⓘ
tourism	regional tourist attraction ⓘ
usedFor	administrative centre ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ strategic refuge ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murad Bakhsh → placeOfBirth → Rohtasgarh Fort ⓘ

Sasaram → hasMonument → Rohtasgarh Fort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rohtasgarh Fort (nearby)