who build grand trunk road from sonargaon to indus
Grand Trunk Road
Research indicates that the Grand Trunk road predated even Buddha 's birth and was called Uttara Path , meaning , road to the North . Salman Rashid attributes the Road 's construction to Chandragupta Maurya . During the time of the Maurya Empire in the 3rd century BCE , overland trade between India and several parts of Western Asia and the Hellenistic world went through the cities of the north - west , primarily Takshashila ( in present - day in Pakistan ) . Takshashila was well connected by roads with other parts of the Maurya empire . The Mauryas had maintained this very ancient highway from Takshashila to Pataliputra ( present - day Patna in India ) . Chandragupta Maurya had a whole army of officials overseeing the maintenance of this road as told by the Greek diplomat Megasthenes who spent fifteen years at the Mauryan court . Constructed in eight stages , this road is said to have connected the cities of Purushapura , Takshashila , Hastinapura , Kanyakubja , Prayag , Pataliputra and Tamralipta , a distance of around 2600 kilometers . Travelers 
Research indicates that the Grand Trunk road predated even Buddha 's birth and was called Uttara Path , meaning , road to the North . Salman Rashid attributes the Road 's construction to Chandragupta Maurya . During the time of the Maurya Empire in the 3rd century BCE , overland trade between India and several parts of Western Asia and the Hellenistic world went through the cities of the north - west , primarily Takshashila ( in present - day in Pakistan ) . Takshashila was well connected by roads with other parts of the Maurya empire . The Mauryas had maintained this very ancient highway from Takshashila to Pataliputra ( present - day Patna in India ) . Chandragupta Maurya had a whole army of officials overseeing the maintenance of this road as told by the Greek diplomat Megasthenes who spent fifteen years at the Mauryan court . Constructed in eight stages , this road is said to have connected the cities of Purushapura , Takshashila , Hastinapura , Kanyakubja , Prayag , Pataliputra and Tamralipta , a distance of around 2600 kilometers . Travelers
Salman Rashid attributes the Road 's construction to Chandragupta Maurya . Chandragupta Maurya had a whole army of officials overseeing the maintenance of this road as told by the Greek diplomat Megasthenes who spent fifteen years at the Mauryan court .
Salman Rashid attributes the Road 's construction to Chandragupta Maurya . Chandragupta Maurya had a whole army of officials overseeing the maintenance of this road as told by the Greek diplomat Megasthenes who spent fifteen years at the Mauryan court .