Rohtas Fort
Rohtas Fort is a 16th-century fortress located near the city of Dina in Jhelum district of the Punjab province, Pakistan. Commissioned by Sur emperor Sher Shah Suri, its construction was supervised by Raja Todar Mal and is now one of the largest and most formidable forts in Punjab.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hussain.acca, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: fort in Punjab, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Rakh Rohtas”, “Rohtas”, “Rohtās”, and “Rotas Ghur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gurdwara Chowa Sahib.
Gurdwara Chowa Sahib
Gurdwara
Photo: Besal1966, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gurdwara Chowa Sahib is a renovated gurdwara located at the northern edge of the Rohtas Fort, near Jhelum, Pakistan. Situated near the fort's Talaqi gate, the gurdwara commemorates the site where Guru Nanak is popularly believed to have created a water-spring during one of his journeys known as udasi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khukha and Natain.
Khukha
Village
Khukha is a village in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is a union council of Jhelum Tehsil and a "model" village. It lies 7 km west of Dina, 1 km east of Gaggar Khurd, 5 km north of Rohtas and 10 km northeast of Tilla Jogian. Khukha is situated 5 km northwest of Rohtas Fort.
Natain
Village
Natain is a village in Dina Tehsil of Jhelum District in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. It is about 8.5 km from the town of Dina and 25 km from Jhelum city. Natain is situated 5 km northwest of Rohtas Fort.
Mota Gharbi
Village
Mota Gharbi is a village in Dina Tehsil in District Jhelum in Punjab, Pakistan. Mota Gharbi is situated 5 km northwest of Rohtas Fort.
Rohtas Fort
- Categories: fort and locality
- Location: Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.9673° or 32° 58′ 2″ northLongitude
73.57819° or 73° 34′ 42″ eastElevation
302 metres (991 feet)Open location code
8J4MXH8H+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2957454726OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Rohtas Fort” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن روهتاس”
- Armenian: “Ռոհտաս”
- Belarusian: “Рохтас”
- Bengali: “রোহতাস কেল্লা”
- Catalan: “Rohtas”
- Chinese: “罗赫达斯要塞”
- Chinese: “羅赫達斯要塞”
- Croatian: “Rohtas”
- Czech: “Pevnost Rohtas”
- Czech: “Rohtas”
- Dutch: “Fort Rohtas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن روهتاس”
- Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo de Rohtas”
- Finnish: “Qila Rohtas”
- Finnish: “Rohtasin linnoitus”
- French: “fort de Rohtas”
- French: “Fort de Rohtas”
- Georgian: “როჰტასის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Rohtas”
- Hebrew: “מבצר רוהתאס”
- Hebrew: “מצודת רוהטאס”
- Hindi: “रोहतास किला”
- Italian: “Forte Rohtas”
- Japanese: “ロータス・フォート”
- Kashmiri: “روہتاس قِلعہٕ”
- Lithuanian: “Rohtaso fortas”
- Lithuanian: “Rohtaso tvirtovė”
- Maithili: “रोहतास किला”
- Malayalam: “റോഹ്ത്താസ് കോട്ട”
- Maltese: “Forti ta‘ Rohtas”
- Maltese: “Forti ta’ Rohtas”
- Nepali: “रोहतास किल्ला”
- Panjabi: “ਰੋਹਤਾਸ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
- Persian: “دژ روهتاس”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Rohtas”
- Pushto: “روهتاس کلا”
- Pushto: “روهتاس”
- Russian: “Рохтас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rohtas”
- Sindhi: “روهتاس قلعو”
- Slovak: “Kilʼa Róhtás”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava Rohtas”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de Rohtas”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de rothas”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Rothas”
- Spanish: “Qila Rohtas”
- Swedish: “Rohtas fort”
- Tamil: “ரோடாசு கோட்டை”
- Tatar: “Рохтас кальгасы”
- Turkish: “Rohtas Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Рохтас”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Рохтас”
- Urdu: “روہتاس قلعہ”
- Urdu: “قلعہ رہتاس”
- Urdu: “قلعہ روہتاس”
- Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Rohtas”
- Western Panjabi: “قلعہ روہتاس”
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