Grand Trunk Road

ancient major road in Asia from Teknaf, Bangladesh, to Kabul, Afghanistan
Place road Q300701
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Grand Trunk Road

Summary

Grand Trunk Road is a road[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (758 views/month, #16 of 7,994).[2]

Key Facts

  • Grand Trunk Road is in the country of Bangladesh[3].
  • Grand Trunk Road is in the country of India[4].
  • Grand Trunk Road is in the country of Pakistan[5].
  • Grand Trunk Road is in the country of Afghanistan[6].
  • Grand Trunk Road's route map is recorded as Grand Trunk Road Route.png[7].
  • Grand Trunk Road's image is recorded as Grand Trunk Road - Chandan Nagar - Hooghly - 2013-05-19 7311.JPG[8].
  • Grand Trunk Road's instance of is recorded as road[9].
  • Grand Trunk Road's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 246943164[10].
  • Grand Trunk Road's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2013017390[11].
  • Grand Trunk Road's part of is recorded as list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia[12].
  • Grand Trunk Road's Commons category is recorded as Grand Trunk Road[13].
  • Grand Trunk Road's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 27.3375, 'lon': 79.0625}[14].
  • Grand Trunk Road's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02tp0q[15].
  • Grand Trunk Road's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1084770[16].
  • Grand Trunk Road's page banner is recorded as Grand Trunk Road banner 2.jpg[17].
  • Grand Trunk Road's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Grand-Trunk-Road[18].
  • Grand Trunk Road's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[19].
  • Grand Trunk Road's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2500'}[20].
  • Grand Trunk Road's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (ii)[21].
  • Grand Trunk Road's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iv)[22].
  • Grand Trunk Road's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (vi)[23].
  • Grand Trunk Road's via is recorded as Cox's Bazar[24].
  • Grand Trunk Road's via is recorded as Chittagong[25].
  • Grand Trunk Road's via is recorded as Feni[26].
  • Grand Trunk Road's via is recorded as Dhaka[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Bangladesh[3], a sovereign state[28], in Bangladesh[29], founded in 1971[30]; India[4], a country[31], in India[32], founded in 1947[33]; Pakistan[5], a sovereign state[34], in Pakistan[35], founded in 1947[36]; and Afghanistan[6], a sovereign state[37], in Afghanistan[38], founded in 1709[39]. Grand Trunk Road's part of is recorded as list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia[12].

Physical Characteristics

Grand Trunk Road's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2500'}[20].

Designation and Status

Grand Trunk Road's instance of is recorded as road[9]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[19].

Why It Matters

Grand Trunk Road ranks in the top 0.2% of road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (758 views/month, #16 of 7,994).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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