The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 12.2.2

12.2.2

On Saturday, the 1st of Muharram, I marched from the bank of the Behat to Rohtas, with one stage intervening. The fort of Rohtas is one of the buildings of Sher Khan Afghan, and is constructed amongst the ravines, where it was scarcely conceivable that so strong a position could have been obtained. As this tract is near the country of the Gakkhurs, a troublesome and turbulent race, it came into his head to build this fort for the purpose of overawing and controlling them. Sher Khan died when only a portion of the work was done, but it was completed by his son Salim Khan. Over one of the doors the cost of the fort is engraven on a stone, which is set in the wall. The amount is 16,10,00,000 dams and something more, which is 34,25,000 rupees of Hindustan, 120,000 tumans of Iran, or 1,21,75,000 khanis of Turan. On Tuesday, the 4th, I marched four kos and three-quarters to Tillah, which means “a hill” in the Gakkhur language.