what was transported from GT Road
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The Grand Trunk Road is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads having existed for at least 2,500 years.[3] Chandragupta Maurya built his highway along this ancient route called Uttarapatha in 3rd century BC.[4] For more than two millennia, it has linked the Indian subcontinent with Central Asia. It runs from Chittagong, Bangladesh[5][6] 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.[7][1]
Grand Trunk Road
GT Road, Sher Shah Suri Marg, Uttarapatha, Badshahi Sadak, Sadak-e-Azam[a]
Route information
Length
2,700 km[2] (1,700 mi)
Status
Currently functional
Existed
before 322 BCE–present
History
Mahajanapadas, Maurya, Sur, Mughal and British Empires
Time period
before c. 322-present
Cultural
significance
History of the Indian subcontinent and South Asian history
Known for
Maurya Empire, Kos Minar, Dhaba, Sher Shah Suri, Sarai
Major junctions
East end
Chittagong, Bengal (present-day Bangladesh)
West end
Kabul, Afghanistan
Location
Major cities
Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Purnea, Durgapur, Patna, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Aligarh, Agra, Mathura, Delhi, Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Jalalabad, Kabul
Chandragupta Maurya's Royal Road, built alongside the track of Uttarapatha, extended from the mouth of the Ganges to the north-western frontier of the Empire. Further improvements to this road were made under Ashoka.[8][4] It was rebuilt many times under Sher Shah Suri, the Mughals and the British along a partly similar route.[9] The old route was re-aligned by Suri to Sonargaon and Rohtas.[4] The highway built by him ran from Sonargaon to Peshawar. As a result of his efforts, the road is still known by his name.[10]
The road was considerably upgraded in the British period between 1833 and 1860.[11] 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; NH 12 (Rajshahi to Purnea), NH 27 (Purnea to Patna), NH 19 (Patna to Agra), NH 44 (Agra to Jalandhar via New Delhi, Sonipat, Ambala and Ludhiana) and NH 3 (Jalandhar to Attari, Amritsar towards Lahore in Pakistan) in India; N-5 (Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Jhelum, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Khyber Pass towards Jalalabad in Afghanistan) in Pakistan and AH1 (Torkham-Jalalabad to Kabul) in Afghanistan.