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The name is derived from the Sanskrit terms uttara, for north, and patha, for road.Initially, the term Uttarapatha referred to the northern high road, the main trade route that followed along the river Ganges, crossed the Indo-Gangetic watershed, ran through the Punjab to Taxila (Gandhara) and further to Zariaspa or Balkh in Central Asia.
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 Dakshinapatha trade route was one of two great highways that have connected different parts of the sub-continent since the Iron Age. The other highway was the Uttarapatha or the great northern road that ran from Taxila in Pakistan, through the modern Punjab up to the western coast of Yamuna. Following the course of Yamuna it went southwards ...
Incense trade route; ... Uttarapatha This page was last edited on 2 August 2022, at 02:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Attock was located on the high road, the Uttarapatha, the principal route of international commerce and communication between the sub-continent, Persia and Imperial China. Attock appears in the history books during the rule of Chandragupta's grandson Ashoka, the Emperor of Upper India. He had converted to the Buddhist faith.
It was situated along the ancient route called Uttarapatha extending from Vanga kingdom in the eastern sea shore through the Gangetic Plain, Punjab, mountain passes of the Western Mountains, to the city of Balkh in Afghanistan and to the far western countries such as Belarus, Siberian region, Ukraine, Armenia and other Central Asian countries.
It wasn’t just large cargo ships, either; passenger ships made the same route. There’s even a monument at the tip of Cape Horn, in memorial of the more than 10,000 sailors who are believed to ...
Trade routes (15 C, 90 P) Trade wars (3 C, 19 P) Economic treaties (12 C, 1 P) Pages in category "History of international trade" ... Uttarapatha; V. Vermeer's Hat; W.