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The Grand

Trunk Road
Presented to:
Prof. Aamir Sohail

Presenter:
Hafiz farhan
(g1f15bscs0102)
The Grand Trunk Road known as The GT
Road . It is called Grand Trunk Road because
it has trees on both side of the road . It is
the biggest and the longest road of the
Southern Asia. This road was built in 16th
century by Sher Shah Suri to easily travel
from Agra to Safran(That was his village).
Passing through Afghanistan it ends at
Calcutta. In Pakistan it passes from
Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore etc. It is
also used for the means of trade.
Sher Shah Suri was the founder of the Sur
Empire in North India, with its capital at
Delhi. An ethnic Pashtun, Sher Shah took
control of the Mughal Empire in 1540. After
his accidental death in 1545, his son Islam
Shah became his successor.
Photo Taken in Peshawar
Kabul to Bengal
The Sarak-e-Azam or grand highway which
was constructed in the Mughal’s era. Later
on British ruler gave it the name of Grand
Trunk Road (GT Road). Today it is known as
the same name which was given by the
British. It is the road which connects the
North of Subcontinent with East and West. It
starts from the Dhaka (Bangladesh) and ends
at the Kabul (Afghanistan). It was
constructed to link the 3 capitals of Mughal
Empire, Delhi, Agra and Lahore. It is the
oldest major road of this region.
Baber the first Mughal King got the
credit to build it in the year 1520. It was
built on those ways which were
followed by many legends and warriors
of the history like Changaiz Khan and
Alexander the great. After 26 kilometers
2000 Stonecutters were used in its
construction. The GT Road contains
many small and big bridges on its way.
Six horses clinic were also made on the
sides of this road.
The Jehlum Bridge on GT Road
The colonel bridge on GT road
Regular intervals and forts could also find
on its way. The lion of Afghanistan Sher
Shah Suri also tried to capture this road
from the Mughals. It was a great Highway
which was used for the Telegraphs and
trains. Many authors gave a high level of
importance to this Grand Trunk of GT Road
in their books and articles. Everyone uses
this road as their mean of transportation.
The Mughal King constructed many new
cities on the sides of this road. It was the
only big road which we have got after the
separation from India.
The Capital city of Pakistan was built on
the GT Road as well. It was then
transformed into a latest highway of four
lanes this road connects it with the
Lahore the Ex Capital of Mughals. There
are many parts of GT Road which are
unchanged yet. Taxila is the living
example of it where you can observe the
old road without any change. Few
towers and minarets were made on the
GT Road to indicate the distance and
intervals. Few of them are still there and
tells the glory of the Mughal Empire.
After this mountain pass, the Grand Trunk
Road arrives to the suburbs of Taxila, goes
down to Lahore and crosses into India at
Wahgha. After 2500km, the road ends at
Kolkata. The road was built as a dirt track,
but in the sixteenth century the Mughal
emperors paved it. Nowadays the road is
still by far the busiest, wildest road in
areas that are now part
of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. During
the British rulers of colonial India, the
road was renamed as the Grand Trunk
Road.
This busy asphalted road still forms a vital
link for trade and communication for the
social strata that live along this region. The
road continues to Pakistan near Peshawar
through the famous Khyber Pass. This
famous international mountain pass, at an
elevation of 1,070 m (3,510 ft) above the
sea level, is one of the oldest known passes
in the world, and connects Afghanistan and
Pakistan, cutting through the northeastern
part of the Spin Ghar mountains.
'GT', as it's often called, was built about
500 years ago to connect the east and
western regions of the Indian
subcontinent. Rudyard Kipling called it 'a
river of life', but for the modern driver it's
a nightmare. The 1,550 mile road is full of
trucks and rattling buses manned by
drivers without much respect for their lives
- or yours. And then there's the cyclists,
the pedestrians, the salesmen, the ox
carts, the cows, the buffalos...
Over the years, it has functioned both as a
major trade route and as a convenient right-
of-way for invading armies. GT is considered
dangerous not because of risky heights or
disheartening road conditions, but because of
the traffic congestion. You mustn't be
surprised when your car gets into a traffic
jam, created by dromedaries using one of the
lanes. Trucks, buses, bicycles, pedestrians,
and animals have turned parts of this heavily-
used road into a major headache. If you’re
planning to drive here, you’ll want to be as
alert as possible.
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