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{{Infobox Monument
|monument_name = Sher Shah Suri Tomb
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|caption = [[Sher Shah Suri]]'s Tomb at [[Sasaram]].
|location = [[Sasaram]], [[Bihar, India]]
|designer = Alawal Khan
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|material = [[Sandstone]]
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|complete = 16 August 1545
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The '''tomb of Sher Shah Suri''' is in the [[Sasaram]] town of [[Bihar]] state, [[India]]. The tomb was built in memory of [[Suri Empire|Emperor]] [[Sher Shah Suri]], a [[Pathan]] from [[Bihar]] who defeated the [[Mughal Empire]] and founded the [[Suri Empire]] in northern India. He died in an accidental gunpowder explosion in the fort of [[Kalinjar]] on 10th day of [[Rabi' al-awwal]], [[Hijri year|A.H.]] 952 or 13 May 1545 AD.<ref>[http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_tktd_bihar_shershah.asp Shershah Suri's Tomb, Sasaram - Ticketed Monument] ''[[Archaeological Survey of India]]''</ref><ref name=The-Last-Great-Muslim-Empires>{{cite book|title=The Last Great Muslim Empires |first1=H. J. |last1=Kissling|first2=N|last2= Barbour|first3=Bertold |last3=Spuler|first4=J. S.|last4= Trimingham|first5=F. R. C.|last5= Bagley|first6= H. |last6=Braun|first7= H.|last7= Hartel|year=1997|publisher=BRILL |isbn=90-04-02104-3|pages=262–263|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-AznJs58wtkC&pg=PA262|access-date=2011-07-20}}</ref>

==Architecture==
His tomb is an example of [[Indo-Islamic architecture]], it was designed by the architect Mir Muhammad Aliwal Khan and built between 1540 and 1545,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Abiswaraniya (Bengali)|last=Narayan Sanyal|author-link=Narayan Sanyal|publisher=Dey's Publishing|year=2016|isbn=978-81-295-2648-9|location=Kolkata|pages=278}}</ref> this red [[sandstone]] mausoleum (122 ft high), which stands in the middle of an artificial lake, which is nearly square, is known as the second [[Taj Mahal]] of India. The tomb stands at the centre of the lake on a square stone plinth with domed kiosks, ''[[chhatri]]s'' at each of its corners, further there are stone banks and stepped moorings on all sides of the plinth, which is connected to the mainland through a wide stone bridge. The main tomb is built on octagonal plan, topped by a dome, 22-metre in span and surrounded ornamental domed kiosks which were once covered in coloured glazed tile work. The lake around the tomb is seen as a development in the Afghan phase of Sultan architecture by the Sur Dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|title=Medieval India the study of a civilization|first=Irfan|last=Habib|page=228|publisher=National Book Trust, India|isbn=978-81-237-5255-6|year=2007}}</ref>

The tomb was built during the lifetime of Sher Shah as well as the reign of his son [[Islam Shah]]. An inscription dates its completion to 16 August 1545, three months after the death of Sher Shah.<ref>{{cite journal | journal = [[Artibus Asiae]] | author = Catherine B. Asher | title = The mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri | volume = 39 | issue = 3/4 | year = 1977 | pages = 273–298 | doi = 10.2307/3250169 | publisher = Artibus Asiae Publishers | jstor = 3250169 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~islamarc/WebPage1/htm_eng/sasaram-eng.htm | title=Sasaram | publisher=Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo | access-date=6 November 2018 }}</ref>

== Gallery ==

=== Current ===
<gallery mode="packed">
File:" Tomb of Sher Shah Suri ".jpg
File:Sher Sah Suri Tomb Left side.jpg
File:Tomb of Shershah Suri.jpg
File:Tomb of Sher Shah Suri, 2008.jpg
File:"Tomb of Sher Shah Suri ".jpg
File:Side view of tomb of Sher shah suri.jpg
File:Sher Sah Suri Tomb.jpg
</gallery>

=== Historic ===
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Distant view of Sher Shah Suri tomb - 1870s.jpg
File:Sher Shah Suri's Tomb, Sasaram, 1870 photograph.jpg
File:Sher Shah tomb.jpg
File:D. Robert - Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram, Bihar - Google Art Project.jpg
</gallery>

=== Plaque, info , tablet ===
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Tablet at the Tomb of Sher Shah Suri.jpg|Old Plaque
File:Sher Sha Tomb, Sasaram 100 (180).jpg|Information Board
</gallery>

==How to reach Sher Shah Tomb?==

*[[National highways of India|Roadway]]: By [[Roads in India|road]] is easily accessible from any corner of [[Sasaram]] city. Rauja road and rauja Road No. 1 (Prabhakar road) are the main roads to reach here.

*[[Indian Railways|Railway]]: [[Sasaram Junction railway station|Sasaram]] is a major railway station between [[Varanasi Junction railway station|Varanasi (Banaras)]] and [[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya]]. Sasaram can be easily reached from different [[States and union territories of India|states]] of the [[India|country]] by direct or by changing [[Indian Railways|train]] from [[Mughalsarai Junction railway station|Deendayal Upadhyaya station]] (Mughal Sarai).

*Airways: Nearest airport is [[Gaya Airport|Gaya]]. [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport|Banaras]] is also close. [[Jay Prakash Narayan Airport|Patna]] can also be an option.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* ''Tomb of Sher Shah'' by R Chopra, Indo-Iranica Vol. 10 (2)

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri}}
* [http://wikimapia.org/396285/Tomb-of-Sher-Shah-Suri Sher Shah Suri Tomb] [[wikimapia]]

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