Fort Rohtas

This is my third post regarding Rohtas, you can check the other two on the links below,http://picworldd60.blogspot.com/2010/01/rohtas-fort.htmlhttp://picworldd60.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html

It was an amazing trip. and an amazing fort , i wonder why it was not added on the worldheritage list earlier.(included in 2006). The best thing about Rohtas Fort is the city which lives within the walls of the fort since 15th century.I think i will be doing 2 more posts on this Fort.Below is a picture of a collapsed Wall with the old King Mosque in the back ground.Restoration work is in Progress but still a minor portion of the Fort has collapsed, mostly because of erosion and Heavy Rainfal

Below is the only remain of a once 200 room mansion known as "Haveli Man Singh" named after the very special Minister "Man Singh " of great Moghul King Akbar. Man singh used this Haveli in the 15th century.This used to be a tower now half burried in ground. I noticed excavation being done in the area to salvage the buried remains of the Haveli.

Mughel King Humayon After Defeating Sher Shah Suri(who constructed the Rohtas Fort) and gaining contol over India, destoyed the Below Pictured Gate as a symbol of his power , As this Fort was a symbol of Suri Family's Power. But the great Pakistani Authorites they didnot repaired the damaged walls(they are repairing bases up to some extent), Instead they repaired this entrance which should have been left the way Humayon destroyed. Because this destroyed gate was a symbol of Mughel Power and marked the begining of the Mughel Rule in india which lasted next 200 years. Plus it doesnt look good also , as you can see the differenece in old and new construction.

Finally the gallery of Rohtas cannot be complete without a picture of a MAndir( a hindu temple below). As previously i posted the Picture of a mosque and Sikh gurdawara. In old Punjab Sikh,Hinduism and Islam were the three major religions. Islam Was the religion of Administration thats why the Mosque was inside the Royal area of the Fort, And hindu being the majority population so thats why the Mandir was located inside the town area. and Sikhism being the new religion and having less followers, so thats the reason gurdawara was out side the Fort. I will post the interior pics of the Mandir as it still had the designs and Marble from the olden times, though not in good shape.
All the three worship grounds were abadoned even the mosque(mosque and gurdawa were under repair).