GT Road

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GT Road, or Grand Trunk Road, is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
GT Road canonical 4
GT Road Industrial Area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highway ⓘ
historic road ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs GT Road ⓘ
Grand Trunk Road (South Asia) ⓘ
linked to: Grand Trunk Road
connects Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Eastern India ⓘ
linked to: eastern India

Northern India ⓘ
linked to: northern India
constructedInPeriod ancient period ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of historical connectivity in South Asia ⓘ
economicSignificance major corridor for trade and transport in South Asia ⓘ
followsRouteThrough Aligarh ⓘ
Allahabad ⓘ
Ambala ⓘ
Amritsar ⓘ
Asansol ⓘ
Bardhaman ⓘ
linked to: Burdwan

Delhi ⓘ
Dhaka ⓘ
Dhanbad ⓘ
Gaya ⓘ
Ghaziabad ⓘ
Jalandhar ⓘ
Jessore ⓘ
Kabul ⓘ
Kanpur ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

Lahore ⓘ
Ludhiana ⓘ
Mughalsarai ⓘ
linked to: Chandauli

Peshawar ⓘ
Rawalpindi ⓘ
Varanasi ⓘ
historicalLength over 2,400 km ⓘ
historicalName Badshahi Sadak ⓘ
Sadak-e-Azam ⓘ
Uttarapatha ⓘ
modernHighwayOverlap N-5 National Highway (Pakistan) ⓘ
National Highway 19 (India) ⓘ
National Highway 44 (India) ⓘ
purpose military route ⓘ
postal route ⓘ
trade route ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
significantDevelopmentUnder British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

Maurya Empire ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
Sher Shah Suri ⓘ
terminus Chittagong ⓘ
Kabul ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peshawar → hasNotableRoad → GT Road ⓘ
Grand Trunk Road → alsoKnownAs → GT Road ⓘ
subject linked to: GT Road
Sadak-e-Azam → alsoKnownAs → GT Road ⓘ
Sahibabad → hasLocality → GT Road Industrial Area ⓘ
linked to: GT Road