Tomb of Sher Shah Suri

The tomb of Sher Shah Suri is situated in Sasaram in the middle of a man-made lake, with the look of a floating monument. It rises from a stone terrace, which is placed on a platform that is reachable through a flight of steps. Its upper terrace is enclosed by a castle parapet wall having octagonal domed chambers at its four corners. It also has two projecting pillared balconies on each of its sides that have been pierced by a doorway in the east, which is the only way to reach this tomb.

The centre of this upper terrace has a building of a mausoleum based on a low octagonal plinth and consisting of octagonal chambers surrounded by verandahs on its four sides. These verandahs further include 24 smaller domes supported by four arches. Its roof is also a pillared cupola which used to have white glazed tiles that are much faded now.

The main tomb chamber of this structure has three lofty arches, one on each of its eight sides. These arches stand 22 ft tall to support the lofty dome, which is one of the largest domes in India. A small arched recess present above the Mihrab on the outside wall of this building also has an inscription of two lines that marks the completion of this tomb by Salim or Islam Shah, 3 months after the death of Sher Shah in 1545 AD.