Grand Trunk Road

Grand Trunk Road, Amritsar, India

About

The Grand Trunk Road is one of Asia 's oldest and longest major roads. For more than two millennia, it has linked the eastern and western regions of the Indian subcontinent , connecting South Asia with Central Asia. It runs from Chittagong , Bangladesh west to Howrah , West Bengal in India , across north India into Peshawar (in present day Pakistan ), up to Kabul , Afghanistan . Its former names include UttaraPatha ("Northern Road"), Shah Rah-e-Azam ("Great Road") or Sadak-e-Azam or Badshahi Sadak