GK
HIGHEST LONGEST BIGGEST LARGEST DEEPEST SMALLEST IN INDIA
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Cuttack to Chennai
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Hajira to Kolkata
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Pathankot to Samakhiali
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Grand Trunk Road
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Grand Trunk Road is not only in India’s but one of the of South Asia’s oldest and longest major roads. The road often called the “Gernaili Sadak” (the Generals’ Road) and Sadak-e-Azam (’The Grand Road’) covers a distance of over 2, 500 kilometers (1, 600 mi). At present, it extends from Amritsar to Kolkata.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road) is one of Asia’s great historical roads and a major route connecting Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent for at least 2, 500 years. It is a 2, 400 km (1, 500 mi) stretch from Teknaf in southeast Bangladesh, across parts of India and Pakistan, to Kabul in Afghanistan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mauryan Empire The precursor of the modern Grand Trunk road was built by the emperor Chandragupta Maurya and was based on the Persian Royal Road (more accurately, its eastern stretch, the Great Khurasan Road that ran from Media to Bactria).