Grand Trunk road - wikipedia Grand Trunk road Grand Trunk Road GT Road Route information Established by Sher Shah Suri Length : 2,500 km ( 1,600 mi ) Existed : before 322 BCE -- present History : Maurya Empire Time period : c. 322 and 187 BCE Cultural significance : South Asian history Known for : Kos Minar, Dhaba, Sher Shah Suri Major junctions East end : Chittagong, Bangladesh West end : Kabul, Afghanistan Highway system Indian road network National Expressways State GT Road coincides with NH 19 and NH 44 of National Highways in India The Grand Trunk Road is one of Asia 's oldest and longest major roads. For more than two millennia, it has linked South Asia with Central Asia. It runs from Chittagong, Bangladesh west to Howrah, West Bengal in India, then across Northern India through Delhi, passing from Amritsar. From there, the road continues towards Lahore and Peshawar in Pakistan, finally terminating in Kabul, Afghanistan. The route spanning the Grand Trunk ( GT ) road existed during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, extending from the mouth of the Ganges to the north - western frontier of the Empire. The predecessor of the modern road was rebuilt by Sher Shah Suri, who renovated and extended the ancient Mauryan route in the 16th century. The road was considerably upgraded in the British period between 1833 and 1860. It coincides with current N1 ( Chittagong to Dhaka ), N4 & N405 ( Dhaka to Sirajganj ), N507 ( Sirajganj to Natore ) and N6 ( Natore to Rajshai towards Purnea in India ) in Bangladesh ; NH12 ( Rajshahi to Purnea ), NH27 ( Purnea to Patna ), NH19 ( Agra to Patna ) and NH44 ( Agra to Amritsar towards Lahore in Pakistan ) in India ; N - 5 ( Lahore to Peshawar and Khyber Pass towards Jalalabad in Afghanistan ) in Pakistan and AH1 ( Torkhan - Jalalabad to Kabul ) in Afghanistan. Contents 1 History 2 Gallery 3 See also 3.1 Ancient roads 3.2 Modern roads in Asia 4 Literature 5 Notes 6 Further reading 7 External links History A scene from the Ambala cantonment during the British Raj. Research indicates that, during the time of the Maurya Empire in the 3rd century BC, overland trade between India and several parts of western Asia and the Hellenistic world went through the cities of the north - west, primarily ( Takshashila in present - day Pakistan, see inset in map ). Takshashila was well connected by roads with other parts of the Maurya empire. The Mauryas had built a highway from Takshashila to Pataliputra ( present - day Patna in India ). Chandragupta Maurya had a whole army of officials overseeing the maintenance of this road as told by the Greek diplomat Megasthenes who spent fifteen years at the Mauryan court. Constructed in eight stages, this road is said to have connected the cities of Purushapura, Takshashila, Hastinapura, Kanyakubja, Prayag, Pataliputra and Tamralipta, a distance of around 2600 kilometers. Travelers on the Grand Trunk Road on ponies ca. 1910 The grand trunk road is mentioned in a number of literary works including those of Foster and Rudyard Kipling. Kipling described the road as : : `` Look ! Look again ! and chumars, bankers and tinkers, barbers and bunnias, pilgrims -- and potters -- all the world going and coming. It is to me as a river from which I am withdrawn like a log after a flood. And truly the Grand Trunk Road is a wonderful spectacle. It runs straight, bearing without crowding India 's traffic for fifteen hundred miles -- such a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world. '' Originally, the road extended up to parts of modern day Pakistan, the Mughals extended the Grand Trunk Road still further, westwards. At one time, it extended to Kabul in Afghanistan, crossing the Khyber Pass and ran up to Kolkata and further to Bangladesh. The road was later improved by the British rulers of colonial India. It was extended to run from Calcutta to Peshawar ( present - day Pakistan ). Over the centuries, the road acted as one of the major trade routes in the region and facilitated both travel and postal communication. Since the era of Sher Shah Suri, the road was dotted with caravansarais at regular intervals, and trees were planted on both sides of the road to give shade to the travellers and merchants. Sher Shah made many roads for tax - free trade. The Grand Trunk Road is still used for transportation in present - day India and Pakistan, where parts of the road have been widened and included in the national highway system, retaining the old name. Gallery Distribution of the Edicts and Pillars of Ashoka along the GT road Ashokan pillar currently at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi was moved from Topra Kalan in Yamunanagar district Kushan - era Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya along GT road Mughal era Kos Minar along GT road at Taraori in Karnal district Jalalabad -- Kabul Road, Afghanistan, it is considered the western-most, and most dangerous, stretch of the GT Road GT Road above the River Jhelum in Pakistan. G.T. Road in Lahore Original GT Road passing through Margalla Hills to Kala Chitta Range Newly realigned GT Road passing by the westernmost point of Margalla Hills near Islamabad to Kala Chitta Range See also Ancient roads Silk route - ancient Sino - India - Europe route Via Maris ( International Trunk Road ) - modern name of main ancient international route between Egypt and Mesopotamia Modern roads in Asia AH1, or Asian Highway 1 - the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running from Japan to Turkey Asian Highway Network ( AH ) aka the Great Asian Highway - project to improve the highway systems in Asia Afghanistan Highway 1 ( Afghanistan ) - 2,200 km circular road network inside Afghanistan Pakistan National Highways of Pakistan, all government highways Motorways of Pakistan - network of major expressways India National Highways Authority of India National Highway ( India ) - network of government - managed highways Indian Expressways - the highest class of roads in the Indian road network Golden Quadrilateral - highway network connecting major centres of northern, western, southern and eastern India National Highways Development Project, a project to upgrade and widen major highways in India Literature Farooque, Abdul Khair Muhammad ( 1977 ), Roads and Communications in Mughal India. Delhi : Idarah - i Adabiyat - i Delli. Weller, Anthony ( 1997 ), Days and Nights on the Grand Trunk Road : Calcutta to Khyber. Marlowe & Company. Kipling, Rudyard ( 1901 ), Kim. Considered one of Kipling 's finest works, it is set mostly along the Grand Trunk Road. Free e-texts are available, for instance here. Notes Jump up ^ Bergsma, Harold ( 2011 ). India : Essays and Insights by a Gora. Lulu. p. 137. ISBN 8183320619. Retrieved 19 July 2016. Jump up ^ Bhandari, Shirin ( 2016 - 01 - 05 ). `` Dinner on the Grand Trunk Road ''. Roads & Kingdoms. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 19. Jump up ^ Steel, Tim ( 1 January 2015 ). `` A road to empires ''. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 19. Jump up ^ Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey ( 15 September 2015 ). `` Cuisine along GT Road ''. Calcutta : Times of India. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 19. Jump up ^ Khanna, Parag. `` How to Redraw the World Map ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 19. ^ Jump up to : K.M. Sarkar ( 1927 ). The Grand Trunk Road in the Punjab : 1849 - 1886. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. pp. 2 --. GGKEY : GQWKH1K79D6. Jump up ^ Chaudhry, Amrita ( 27 May 2012 ). `` Cracks on a historical highway ''. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. quote : What Chandragupta had begun, his grandson Ashoka perfected. Trees were planted,... Serais built. p. 2 Jump up ^ David Arnold ( historian ) ; Science, technology, and medicine in colonial India ( New Cambr hist India v. III. 5 ) Cambridge University Press, 2000, 234 pages p. 106 Jump up ^ A description of the road by Kipling, found both in his letters and in the novel Kim. Jump up ^ Singh, Raghubir ( 1995 ). The Grand Trunk Road : A Passage Through India ( First ed. ). Aperture Books. Usha Masson Luther ; Moonis Raza ( 1990 ). Historical routes of north west Indian Subcontinent, Lahore to Delhi, 1550s - 1850s A.D. Sagar Publications. Further reading Arden, Harvey ( May 1990 ). `` Along the Grand Trunk Road ''. National Geographic. 177 ( 5 ) : 118 -- 138. Mozammel, Md Muktadir Arif ( 2012 ). `` Grand Trunk Road ''. In Islam, Sirajul ; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia : National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh ( Second ed. ). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Tayler, Jeffrey ( November 1999 ). `` India 's Grand Trunk Road ''. The Atlantic Monthly. 284 ( 5 ) : 42 -- 48. External links Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Grand Trunk Road. National Highway Authority of India National Highway Authority of Pakistan NPR : Along the Grand Trunk Road Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand Trunk Road. Part of a series on trade routes Amber Road Hærvejen Incense Route Dvaravati -- Kamboja route King 's Highway Rome - India routes Royal Road Salt road Siberian Route Silk Road Maritime Silk Road Spice Route Tea Horse Road Varangians to the Greeks Via Maris Triangular trade Volga trade route Trans - Saharan trade Old Salt Route Maritime republics Hanseatic League Grand Trunk Road Coordinates : 27 ° 20 ′ 13 '' N 79 ° 03 ′ 50 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 27.337 ° N 79.064 ° E ﻿ / 27.337 ; 79.064 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Trunk_Road&oldid=797154320 '' Categories : Roads in Asia Roads in India Roads in Pakistan Roads in Afghanistan Roads in Bangladesh Ancient roads and tracks Trade routes Maurya Empire Sur Empire British India History of transport in India History of transport in Pakistan Roads in Delhi Roads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Roads in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas Roads in Punjab, India Roads in Punjab, Pakistan Roads in Uttar Pradesh Roads in West Bengal Transport in Howrah Transport in Kabul Transport in Lahore Hidden categories : Infobox road temporary tracking category 1 Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikivoyage বাংলা भोजपुरी Deutsch Español فارسی Français हिन्दी עברית Lietuvių മലയാളം Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk ଓଡ଼ିଆ پنجابی Русский Simple English தமிழ் Українська اردو Edit links This page was last edited on 25 August 2017, at 07 : 44. 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Question: gt road start and end point in india
Answer: Chittagong, Bangladesh