Jalandhar is a city in the state of Punjab in India. With a considerable population, it ranks as the third most-populous city in the state and is the largest city in the Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the historical Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected junction for both rail and road networks.
Image: Devi Talab Mandir
Image: Gurudwara sri guru singh sabha, jalandhar
Image: PAVILION 1
Image: St. Mary's Cathedral, Jalandhar 2
The Grand Trunk Road is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It runs roughly 3,655 km (2,271 mi) from Teknaf, Bangladesh on the border with Myanmar west to Kabul, Afghanistan, passing through Chittagong and Dhaka in Bangladesh, Kolkata, Kanpur, Agra, Aligarh, Delhi, Amritsar in India, and Lahore, Gujrat, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar in Pakistan.
A scene from the Ambala cantonment in British India.
Grand Trunk Road in Uttarpradesh, India
GT Road near Barhi, India
Grand Trunk Road towards Burdwan from Hooghly.