Mangla

Mangla, the name derived from the name of a small village situated within the state of Jammu Kashmir in Mirpur District. The west of the foothills of Magla’s Fort is home to another village that also derived it’s name from the same village. Surrounded on three sides by the semi curvature of Jhelum River from North to South. Bordered with Jhelum district and with the right bank of Mangla between the State of Jammu Kashmir and Punjab Province of Pakistan. With the construction of Mangla Dam the village was razed to the ground covering a wide area including Sultanpure, Mangla Colony and Mangla Hamlet. The village itself was named after Mangla Devi, a Khokhar Rajput tribe lady. Mangla Devi was the daughter of Khokhar Kshatriya Raja Porus. It has been narrated to be the site of the crossing of the Jhelum river by the forces of Alexander the Great facing King Porus. The villages of Sultanpure Thill, Baral and Baruti across the river in Jhelum District were developed as residential colonies and offices for foreign workers and officials, at the time of Mangla Dam construction.

Mangla is located 12km from the city of Mirpur at the mouth of Mangla Dam. The Dam reservoir has a perimeter of 400km, it hosts the Mangla Power Station.

Mangla, the site of the historic Mangla Fort. The fort is situated on a high hill overlooking the Jhelum River dividing the Mirpur and Jhelum districts. After the completion of Mangla Dam most of the Baral & Sultanpure Thill area was taken over by Pakistan Army and converted into a cantonment whereas a small section within the compound walls of Pakistan Army’s Officers residences, known as Baral Colony, was allotted to WAPDA named as WAPDA Officers Colony.

Mangla Cantonment is an army garrison near Mangla Dam in Jhelum District of Pakistan.

Rohtas Fort

Rohtas Fort is a 16th century fortress located near the city of Jhelum in Punjab Province of Pakistan. The fort is one of the largest and most formidable in the subcontinent. Rohtas Fort was never taken by force, and has survived remarkably intact.

The fortress built by Raja Todar Mal on the orders of Sher Shah Suri, partly to suppress the load Gakhar of what was then the Potohar Region. Some Gakhar tribes were allies of the Mughal Empire, and refused to recognize the suzerainty of Sher Shah Suri.

Rohtas Fort is known for its large defensive walls and several monumental gateways. Rohtas Fort was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1977, as an “Exceptional example of the Muslim Military Architecture of Central and South Asia”.

Rohtas Fort is located eight kilometers south of the Grand Trunk Road approximately 16km NW of Jhelum near the city of Dina. Almost 3km from Khukha, the historic Shahrah-e-Azam road once passed along the outer northern wall of the fort.

Rohtas Fort resides on a hill overlooking a gorge where the Kahan River meets a seasonal stream called Parnal Khas within the Tilla Jogian Range. The fort is about 300feet above it’s surroundings and 2,660feet above sea level covering an area of 70 hectares.

The fort was commissioned by Sher Shah Suri founder of the Suri Empire. The fort was designed to block the advances of the Mughal Emperor Humayun, who had been exiled to Persia following his defeat at the Battle of Kannauj. The fort occupies a strategic position between the mountains of Afghanistan and the plains of Punjab. Intended to prevent the Mughal Emperor from returning to India