ft high), stands in the middle of an artificial lake at Sasaram, a town on the Grand Trunk Road. Legacy Destruction of cities Sher Shah suri is accused by ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni and other Muslim historians for destroying old cities while founding new ones on their ruins after his own name. Shergarh is one of the prime examples, representing a deserted town with a fort in ruins, which, in old times, used to be a thriving place where Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism co-existed peacefully. This can be evidently derived from the various inscriptions found in the area. Sher Shah is also said to have destroyed Dinpanah, which Humayun was constructing as the "sixth city of Delhi". The new city, Shergarh, built by him, was itself destroyed in 1555 after Humayun re-conquered the territory from the Surs. Tarikh-i-Da'udi states, however, that he destroyed Siri. Abbas Sarwani states that he had the older city of Delhi destroyed. Tarikh-i-Khan Jahan states that Salim Shah Suri had built a wall around Humayun's imperial city. In popular culture Sher Khan (1962) an Indian Hindi-language action film by Radhakant starring Kamaljeet in the titular role along with Kumkum is ostensibly based on the emperor's life. Shershah Suri, a television show about the emperor was aired on DD National by Doordarshan, the Indian national public broadcaster. See also Isa Khan Niazi Haibat Khan Niazi Shere Khan Pathans in Bihar List of rulers of Bengal Jahangir Kabir (politician) History of Bangladesh History of India Shershabadia community References Further reading Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi Tarikh-i Khan Jahani wa Makhzan-i Afghani Edward Thomas (1871) The Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Delhi Sir Olaf Caroe, The Pathans "Sher Shah Suri; A Fresh Perspective"; Bashir Ahmad Khan Matta (Oxford University Press, Karachi, Pakistan) 2006 External links The earliest extant account of Sher Shah Sur Roads and Sarais (inns) of Sher Shah Suri Cannons of Sher Shah Suri Sher Shah Suri aimed at eradicating poverty from his empire Sur Empire 1486 births 1545 deaths Indian people of Pashtun descent 16th-century Indian Muslims 15th-century Indian monarchs Pashtun people People from Bihar People from Rohtas District 16th-century Indian monarchs City founders