UNESCO places Lahore on \u2018Creative Cities\u2019 list<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2018If there were invaders and plunderers on this grand highway, there were also pious pilgrims and common traders. Sprinkled along the length of the road like milestones to an ancient past are signs of those who traversed it. The Greeks, Mauryans. Scythians, Parthians, Sassanians and Turks all left their mark with a distinctive Mughal and British overlay. This book is a celebration of the Grand Trunk Road and those who left their mark on the history of Pakistan.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe writer termed the book a \u2018celebration of Grand Trunk Road and those who left their mark on Pakistani history\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad: The government and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday released a publication, titled \u2018From Landi Kotal to Wagah: Cultural Heritage Along the Grand Trunk Road\u2019, at the Pakistan National Council of Arts – according to news sources. It is written by the famed travel writer\/blogger Salman Rashid. \u2018From the middle of the sixth century BCE when Cyrus, the greatest king of the Achaemenid Empire, annexed modern-day Pakistan, the road has been extensively travelled,\u2019 he spoke of the book\u2019s contents. Read: UNESCO places Lahore on \u2018Creative Cities\u2019 list \u2018If there were invaders and plunderers on this grand highway, there were also pious pilgrims and common traders. Sprinkled along the length of the road like milestones to an ancient past are signs of those who traversed it. The Greeks, Mauryans. Scythians, Parthians, Sassanians and Turks all left their mark with a distinctive Mughal and British overlay. This book is a celebration of the Grand Trunk Road and those who left their mark on the history of Pakistan.\u2019 The writer termed the book a \u2018celebration of Grand Trunk Road and those who left their mark on Pakistani history\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":74143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020,15167],"tags":[45226,45223,45222,45224,45225],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-74130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-social-developments","category-tourism","tag-book-on-gt-road","tag-book-written-on-gt-road-history","tag-from-landi-kotal-to-wagah","tag-govt-unesco-release-coffee-table-book-on-gt-roads-history","tag-gt-road-history","cat-15020-id","cat-15167-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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