page_title: Attock Fort
section_title: Features
hierarchical_section_title: Attock Fort / Features
caption_attribution_description: English: Attock Fort under the setting sun, looks even more beautiful! This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the PB-7
context_page_description: Attock Fort was built at Attock Khurd during the reign of Akbar the Great from 1581 to 1583 under the supervision of Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi to protect the passage of the River Indus. Attock was briefly captured on 28 April 1758 by the Maratha Empire and became the northern boundary of the Maratha Empire. Ahmad Shah Durrani recaptured Attock and halted the Maratha advance in the north permanently after the Third Battle of Panipat. It featured a prominent role in Afghan-Sikh Wars during the Battle of Attock.
context_section_description: The fort consists of 4 gates and its parameter wall is 1600m long. The gates are named the Delhi gate, Lahori Gate, Kabuli Gate and Mori Gate.
caption: Overlooking the river
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