Mughal Road

Mughal Road
Map
Map of Mughal Road in red
Alibaad sarai.jpg
Aliabad Sarai, a halting point on old Mughal road
Route information
Length80 km (50 mi)
Major junctions
East endShopian, Shopian district
West endBufliaz, Poonch district
Location
CountryIndia
StatesJammu and Kashmir
Highway system
The Mughal Road crosses the Pir Panjal Pass.

Mughal Road is the road between Bufliaz, a town in the Poonch district, to the Shopian district, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The 84-kilometre road[1] traces a historic route used in the Mughal period over the Pir Panjal Pass, at an altitude of 3,500 m (11,500 ft), higher than the Banihal pass at 2,832 m (9,291 ft).[2]

The road connects Poonch and Rajouri to Srinagar in the Kashmir valley, and reduces the distance between Shopian and Poonch from 588 km to 126 km.[3] It also provides an alternative route into the Kashmir valley off the Jammu–Srinagar highway.[4] The road passes through Buffliaz, Behramgalla, Chandimarh, Dogray (Dogran), Godawan, Poshana, Chattapani, Peer Ki Gali, Aliabad, Zaznar, Dubjian, Hirpora, and Shopian.

  1. ^ http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=6_12_2008&ItemID=35&cat=1 [permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Luv Puri (23 March 2008). "Mughal Road to be ready this year". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Mughal Road: A blast from the past". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Mughal Road". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.