The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.87

c18.87

The roads were maintained in order by the officers of the proper department; and pillars, serving as milestones and sign-posts, were set up at intervals of 10 *stadia*, equivalent to a half *kos* according to the Indian reckoning, or 2,022½ English yards. The provision of these useful marks was made more liberally than it was afterwards by the Moghal emperors, who were content with one pillar to each *kos*. A royal, or grand trunk road, 10,000 *stadia* in length, connected the north western frontier with the capital.²