The David Scott Trail is one of Meghalaya’s most storied trekking routes, a path that threads through pine forests, rolling meadows, and sleepy Khasi villages while carrying echoes of colonial history and indigenous resistance. The trail, which runs roughly sixteen kilometres from Mawphlang to Lad Mawphlang, is today a moderate, half-day trek, but in its origins, it was part of a much longer and more ambitious route built by the British in the early nineteenth century to connect Assam with Sylhet, now in Bangladesh. What remains is a scenic fragment of that old horse and mule track, preserved by the Khasi communities whose ancestral lands it crosses, and treasured by trekkers for its blend of history, nature, and quietude.

The story of the trail begins with its namesake, David Scott, a

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