Taxila Sanskrit: तक्षशिला,
meaning "City of Cut Stone" or "Takṣa Rock") in
Sanskrit is a significant archaeological site in the modern city of
the same name in Punjab, Pakistan. It lies about 32 km (20 mi)
north-west of Islamabad
Texila Museum
On your route from Islamabad, Taxila Museum is a must visit place for
history & archaeology lovers located at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.
The museum is home to a significant and comprehensive collection of
Gandharan art dating from the 1st to the 7th centuries CE. Most
objects in the collection were excavated from the ruins of ancient
Taxila
4 ancient cities, and Buddhist monasteries and stupas
The ruins
Taxila's ruins are internationally renowned, and function as a series
of interrelated sites, including: a mesolithic cave, the remains of 4
ancient cities, and Buddhist monasteries and stupas.[10] The ancient
ruins of Taxila were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980
Gandhara Kingdom
According to Ramayana Taxila was a state of Gandhara kingdom, Which
was ruled by Rama's brother Bharat, This city was named after
Bharat's son Taksha, who founded this city after the bharat gave this
region to him, he named Taxila on his name...
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The renowned archaeologist Sir Alexander Cunningham rediscovered the
ruins of Taxila in the mid-19th century. In 1980, Taxila was declared
a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2006 it was ranked as the top
tourist destination in Pakistan by The Guardian newspaper.
who were gandharanpeople?
People from 1000BCE with eyes are longer; ear lobes shorter and noses
sharper and better defined. The Gandhari people are a tribe mentioned
in the Rigveda, the Atharvaveda, and later Vedic texts. They are
recorded in the Avestan language of Zoroastrianism under the name
Vaēkərəta. The name Gāndhāra occurs later in the classical
Sanskrit of the epics
Julian
Jaulian (meaning Seat of
Saints) is a ruined Buddhist monastery dating from the 2nd century
CE, is located on a hill 100 meters above the nearby modern village
of Jaulian situated near Khanpur Taxila road and is the ancient
Taxilan city of Sirsukh. Moreover, Piplan Remains, Badalpur Stupa and
Jinnah Wali Dheri Stupa are nearby places.