While Humayun succeeded in protecting Agra from Sher Shah, the second city of the Empire, Gaur the capital of the vilayat of Bengal, was sacked. Humayun's troops had been delayed while trying to take Chunar, a fort occupied by Sher Shah's son, in order to protect his troops from an attack from the rear. The stores of grain at Gauri, the largest in the empire, were emptied, and Humayun arrived to see corpses littering the roads. The vast wealth of Bengal was depleted and brought East, giving Sher Shah a substantial war chest.
While Humayun succeeded in protecting Agra from Sher Shah the second city of the Empire Gaur the capital of the vilayat of Bengal was sacked Humayun's troops had been delayed while trying to take Chunar a fort occupied by Sher Shah's son in order to protect his troops from an attack from the rear The stores of grain at Gauri the largest in the empire were emptied and Humayun arrived to see corpses littering the roads The vast wealth of Bengal was depleted and brought East giving Sher Shah a substantial war chest