Dehradun- Gangotri Highway in Gurkha/Gorkha Period

 Highways in Kumaon and Garhwal in Gurkha/Gorkha Period -3

History Discussion on Gurkha/Gorkha Administration in Garhwal - 40

History of Gorkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) -103    

   History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -624

                          By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Student)

   The Dehra-Gangotri Highway was used for various transportation purposes in West and Central Garhwal.  Pilgrims used to participate in guru ram Rai Jhanda festival and then used to visit Gangotri. Businessmen, people, pilgrims, soldiers used to visit from Saharanpur to Gangotri though this highway.

 There were following stoppages in Dehra –Gangotri Highway (Moorcroft, Travels in Hindustan) -

Landhaur

Daral

Lalodithana

Dunda

Barahat

Maneri

Bhatwadi

Tiyara

Dangal

Sukhi

Daral

Bhaironghati

Gangotri

The people of Bhagirathi valley used to transport grains to Saharanpur, Punjab through Gangotri  -Dehra Highway and used to bring Salt , Gud though this same highway.

** Most of details were taken from Dr Dabral and Foster, A Journey from Bengal to England

* History of Highways in Gorkha /Nepal Period in Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal in next chapter …    

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com29/4//2015

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -625

*** History of Gorkha/Gurkha /Nepal Rule over Kumaun, Garhwal and Himachal (1790-1815) to be continued in next chapter 

(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

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