District · Kaimur Plateau
Rohtas
Fortress country.
Sandstone plateaus, waterfalls, and Rohtasgarh — one of the largest hill forts on the subcontinent, hidden in plain sight above the Son valley.
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Stories
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Places
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People
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Food
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Music
Beyond the obvious
Places.
Rohtasgarh Fort
One of Asia’s largest hill forts, on a sandstone plateau above the Son.
Manjhar Kund Waterfall
Kaimur plateau waterfalls hidden behind sandstone bends.
Voices worth knowing
People.
Bindeshwari Ram
Amateur Historian
A retired postmaster who has mapped every inscription in and around Rohtasgarh Fort on foot, unpaid, over sixteen years.
On the table
Food.
Anarsa
Rice-flour discs sweetened with jaggery, coated in sesame.
Sounds of this district
Music.
Devotional · Undated
Nirgun at Dusk
Unknown wanderer
A Kabir-lineage lament sung by itinerant singers along the Son valley.
