Vol. 3, Issue 1, Part A (2017)

Abstract
This article attempts to enhance the understanding of the reader about the historic, strategic and economic importance of the Grand Trunk Road. It further elucidates what potential it has in the present scenario and the purposes it may serve in time to come. The Grand Trunk Road has been central to the history of the Indian subcontinent, particularly of north India. Even after parcelling of the entire subcontinent into three separate nations, it serves as a vital route for trade and communication in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. It is a ‘thread that binds the nations together.