Tomb of Sher Shah Suri, Sasaram, Bihar, India.

Sher Shah Suri, best remembered as the builder of Grand Trunk Road, connecting Dhaka (in present day Bangladesh) to Peshawar (in present day Pakistan) and running right across the north Indian heartland, was born in Sasaram and that is where this maginificient tomb stands.

Sher Shah Suri joined the Mughal Army as a private under a local commander and during Babur's rule rose through the ranks to become Governor of Bengal.

By the time he died in 1545 after a brief rule of five years at delhi, he had launched the Rupaya, the precursor of present day Indian Rupee. He was also credited with many civil and military reforms.

He built many mosques and other monuments all over the area he ruled. Sher Mandal, an octagonal tower within Delhi's Purana Killa is one of them. Check the link below for a photo of this structure:

www.flickr.com/photos/kanad_sanyal/1498963240/

This was used by Humayun the Mughal Emperor who defeated Sher Shah to regain the Indian Empire for the Mughals as a library. In a strange twist of fate Humayun lost his life while climbing down the stairs of this building in a full moon night.

Taken on: August 6, 2009

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