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Who got constructed ‘Grand Trunk Road’ ?
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- Akbar
- Ashoka
- Shershah Suri
- Samudra Gupta
- Akbar
Correct Option: C
The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major roads. For several centuries, it has linked the eastern and western regions of the Indian subcontinent, running from Chittagong, Bangladesh through to Howrah, West Bengal in India, across north India into Peshawar (in present day Pakistan), up to Kabul, Afghanistan. The modern road was built by Sher Shah Suri, who renovated and ex-tended the ancient route in the 16th century