What is "dak bungalow"

Dak \Dak\ (d[add]k or d[aum]k), n. [Hind. [dsdot][=a]k.] Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India]

Dak boat, a mail boat.
--Percy Smith.

Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the end of a dak stage.

To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquins or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.

n. (context India English) An inn or house for travellers along a dak-route.

Dak Bungalow or Bangalow may refer to any of the many dak bungalows erected during the 19th century by the British Raj.

It may refer more specifically to:

• Dak Bungalow, a stop on the Patna Metro in India
• Ari Bangla, a landmark in Aritar, Sikkim, India
• Quaid-e-Azam tourist lodge, Barsala, Pakistan
• Dak Bungalow Road, thoroughfares in several Indian, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani cities