An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c47.70

v2.c47.70

The road through the n.-e. opening varied in width from 7 m to 9·9 m and was marked by six successive levels, necessitated by wear and tear and rising ground level, and the tracks indicated by the ruts at each level in two rows, with the inner ones often overlapping, were invariably 1·75 m in width, a universal gauge of wheeled vehicles of the times.