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The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in Hubei Province, China, is the world’s largest hydroelectric power station with a combined capacity of 22,500 megawatts. Construction started in 1994 and was finally finished by 2012, ranking as one of the largest engineering projects in history. The 2,335-meter-long and 185-meter-high dam creates the enormous Three…
Behind Russia’s Most Fearsome Prisons: A New Gulag The majority of Americans believe that the United States has the most brutal prisons in the world — packed, violent, and dehumanizing. But the reality is, American prisons are no closer to the horror that happens inside the walls of Russia’s penal colonies.Within Russia’s prison system, brutality…
A black hole is an area of space where gravity is so powerful that nothing, even light, can escape. The massive gravitational pull comes from an enormous amount of matter crammed into a very tiny space. Although black holes themselves are invisible, their existence is revealed by looking at how they influence surrounding matter and…
1. Definition and Location Point Nemo is the oceanic location on our planet that is furthest from any landmass. It is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, i.e., the most remote location from any coast. •Precise Coordinates: Around 48°52.6′ South latitude, 123°23.6′ West longitude, in the South Pacific Ocean. •\Distance from Nearest Land: Around 2,688 kilometers…
The Loomis Fargo robbery of October 1997, planned by vault manager David Scott Ghantt, was one of the most brazen cash robberies in American history. On the night of October 4, 1997, Ghantt, his girlfriend Kelly Campbell, and co-conspirators like Steven Eugene Chambers executed a skillfully orchestrated robbery of $17.3 million from the Charlotte, North…
![The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk)[1] is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years[3] it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It runs roughly 3,655 km (2,271 mi)[2] from Teknaf, Bangladesh on the border with Myanmar[4][5] west to Kabul, Afghanistan, passing through Chittagong and Dhaka in Bangladesh, Kolkata, Kanpur, Agra, Aligarh, Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Prayagraj in India, and Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar in Pakistan.[6][1] The highway was built along an ancient route called Uttarapatha in the 3rd century BCE,[7] extending it from the mouth of the Ganges to the north-western frontier of India. Further improvements to this road were made under Ashoka.[citation needed] The old route was re-aligned by Sher Shah Suri to Sonargaon and Rohtas.[7][8] The Afghan end of the road was rebuilt under Mahmud Shah Durrani.[9][7] The road was considerably rebuilt in the British period between 1833 and 1860.[10] Over the centuries, the road acted as one of the major trade routes in the region and facilitated both travel and postal communication. The Grand Trunk Road is still used for transportation in the present-day Indian subcontinent, where parts of the road have been widened and included in the national highway system.[11] The road coincides with the current N1, Feni (Chittagong to Dhaka), N4 & N405 (Dhaka to Sirajganj), N507 (Sirajganj to Natore) and N6 (Natore to Rajshahi towards Purnea in India; NH 12 (Purnea to Bakkhali), NH 27 (Purnea to Patna), NH 19 (Kolkata to Agra), NH 44 (Agra to Jalandhar via New Delhi, Panipat, Karnal, Ambala and Ludhiana) and NH 3 (Jalandhar to Attari, Amritsar in India towards Lahore in Pakistan) via Wagah; N-5 (Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lalamusa, Kharian, Jhelum, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Khyber Pass towards Jalalabad in Afghanistan) in Pakistan and AH1 (Torkham-Jalalabad to Kabul) to Ghazni in Afghanistan. History See also: Uttarapatha Ancient times The Buddhist literature and Indian epics such as Mahabharata refer to the existence of Grand Trunk road even before the Maurya Empire and was called Uttarapatha or the "Northern road". The road connected the eastern region of India with Central Asia, the terminus of the Khorasan Road.[12] Mauryan Empire The precursor of the modern Grand Trunk road was built on the orders of the emperor Chandragupta Maurya and was inspired by the Persian Royal Road[13] (more precisely, its eastern stretch, the Great Khurasan Road that ran from Media to Bactria). During the time of the Mauryan Empire in the 3rd century BCE, overland trade between India and several parts of Western Asia and Bactria went through the cities of the north-west, primarily Takshashila and Purushapura (present-day Taxila and Peshawar respectively, in Pakistan). Takshashila was well connected by roads with other parts of the Mauryan Empire. The Mauryas had maintained this very ancient highway from Takshashila to Patliputra (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, Patliputra and Tamralipta, a distance of around 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi).[9] The route of Chandragupta was built over the ancient "Uttarapatha" or the Northern Road, which had been mentioned by Pāṇini. The emperor Ashoka had it recorded in his edict about having trees planted, wells built at every half kos and many "nimisdhayas", which is often translated as rest-houses along the route for the travelers. The emperor Kanishka is also known to have controlled the Uttarapatha.[7][14][15]](https://threadscroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/images-1.jpg "“GT Road: From Empires to Engines” Where History Meets the Highway")
GRAND TRUNK ROAD (GT ROAD) The Grand Trunk Road, often abbreviated as GT Road, is one of Asia’s most ancient and enduring highways, with a legacy stretching back over 2,500 years. Historically known by various names such as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, and Badshahi Sadak, it has served as a vital link between Central Asia…
1. Prohibition of unauthorized foreign media: North Koreans are prohibitively disallowed from viewing or hearing foreign movies, TV programs, music, or reading non-state-approved books. For instance, having a South Korean drama DVD in one’s possession can result in imprisonment or hard labor. Secretly listening to foreign radio is also punishable. ________________________________________ 2. Criminalization of unauthorized…