ATTRIBUTED TO NEIL CORMACK, BRITISH (c.1793 - c.1853), ROHTASGARH, watercolour on paper, framed, 29.5 x 49.5cmRohtas fort, near Sasaram in the state of Bihar, is said to be one of the largest hill forts in the world with its circumference totalling 45km and it is spectacularly positioned on a plateau 1500 feet above the plain. Its ancient origins are not clear. It is only beginning to be visited today, because, until a few years ago, it was headquarters of the Naxalites, a Maoist guerilla group. The fort of the same name near Jhelum in Pakistan was built and named after this one by the Sultan Sher Shah Sur, who is buried in the famous tomb at Sasaram.
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