Where is the tomb of Sher Shah Suri located?
- A.Chausa
- B.Sasaram
- C.Delhi
- D.Rohtasgarh
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The correct answer is B, Sasaram. The tomb of Sher Shah Suri stands at Sasaram in the Rohtas district of Bihar, the town where he grew up. It is an octagonal tomb of grey sandstone, about 37 metres high, raised on a square platform in the middle of a large artificial lake so that it seems to float on the water, and it is reached by a causeway from the north. The architect was Mir Muhammad Aliwal Khan, and the work was finished in 1545 soon after Sher Shah died at Kalinjar. The design grew out of the tombs of the Lodis and is counted the high point of the Indo-Islamic style before the Mughals. A is wrong because Chausa is where Sher Shah defeated Humayun in 1539. C is wrong because Delhi holds his Purana Qila and the Qila-i-Kuhna mosque, not his grave. D is wrong because Rohtasgarh is the hill fort he captured, not his burial place. Exam tip: born in Sasaram, died at Kalinjar in 1545, buried in the lake tomb at Sasaram.
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