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+[[File:Grand Trunk Road Route.png|thumb|centre|The Grand Trunk Road]]
+*Grand Trunk Road originally constructed by Chandragupta Maurya, is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. Also known as ''Uttarapatha'', it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent for over 2,500 years. The road stretches approximately {{convert|3655|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Teknaf, Bangladesh, to Kabul, Afghanistan, passing through cities like Kolkata, Kanpur, Delhi, Amritsar, Lahore, and Peshawar. Though initially built under Chandragupta's reign, it was later expanded and repaired by rulers like Sher Shah Suri and the British.<ref>{{cite book | last=Walker | first=Benjamin | title=Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism | publisher=Routledge | year=1968 | volume=2 | page=52 | isbn=978-0367149321 | url=https://archive.org/details/hindu-world-vol.-2-an-encyclopedic-survey-of-wisdom-benjamin-walker/page/52/mode/1up | quote=Chandragupta organized his army and judicial system on the Persian model and introduced important innovations on Greek lines. His Great Royal Highway, the precursor of the Grand Trunk Road, was a remarkable piece of work. [....] He carried through a great irrigation project forming the Sudarśana Lake near Girnär by damming up a river with great walls of masonry, this being one of the most notable examples of irrigation in ancient India.}}</ref><ref name="theatlantic.com">[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/11/indias-grand-trunk-road/377875/ The Atlantic: "India's Grand Trunk Road"]</ref>
 [[File:Lake on Girnar Taleti.jpg|thumb|centre|Sudarshana Lake, Bhavnath, Gujarat]]
 * [[Sudarshana Lake]] is an artificial lake located in the semi-arid region of [[Kathiawar]].<ref>