The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.64
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.64
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Access to the plains of Hindustān was formerly by the navigation of the Ganges and its tributaries. Then the Grand Trunk Road was made from Calcutta to Delhi. More recently the East Indian Railway has been built from Bengal to the Punjab. Both the road and the railway avoid the great bend round the hills by crossing the upland to the west of Rājmahāl. The road descends to the Ganges at Patna, but the railway at Benares, where it crosses by the lowest bridge over the Ganges.