Towers as
distance markers
Mughal Kos
Minar
The Mughal Kos Minars, approximately 20 ft in height were
distance markers measuring out distances in kos, each kos being approximately 3
km. They were placed by Akbaralong the Grand Trunk road all the
way from Agra to Ambala.
The long ancestry of
the Grand Trunk (G.T) Road
During the Mauryan empire (third century B.C) , the G.T Road
was the route fromPatliputr (patna) to Gandhara in Afganistan. It was extended to East Bengal (Sonargaon) by Sher Shah. In
1836 it was repaired and linked to Calcutta by the Brittish
- Kos Minars ( Mile Pillars)
- Kos Minars ( Mile Pillars)
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