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    1. [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Agra-Lahore portion of the Grand Trunk Road
    2. Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar
    3. First-Hand study of the Architectural remains along the Agra-Lahore highway. Strictly speaking, this new book (described below) deals with pre-British-Raj era. However, the Agra-Lahore portion of the Grand Trunk Road mentioned in it played such a vital role in the lives of the Britons in India that I think I can be excused for telling you about it. (Remember Kipling's Kim?) Many of those architectural remains are still extant today. So the 19th-century Sahibs also must have seen them and probably mentioned not a few in their narratives ... Review of ''LAND TRANSPORT IN MUGHAL INDIA - Agra-Lahore Mughal Highway and its Architectural Remains'' by : Subash Parihar; Aryan Books International, Pooja Apartments, 4B, Ansari Raod, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002. Rs. 2950. Book reviewed by JEAN DELOCHE Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 http://www.hindu.com/br/2008/02/26/stories/2008022650041400.htm ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

    02/27/2008 07:07:47