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Taxila
Site number: | 139 |
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Type of site: | Cultural | |
Date: | 200 B.C. | |
Date of Inscription: | 1980 | |
Location: | Asia, Pakistan, Province of Punjab |
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Description: | Taxila, from the ancient Neolithic tumulus of Saraikala to the 2nd century B.C. ramparts of Sirkap and the 1st century A.D. city of Sirsukh, demonstrates the several stages in the development of an Indus city that was alternately influenced by Persia, Greece and Central Asia and which also acted as a chief Buddhist centre of learning from the 5th century B.C. to the 2nd century A.D. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. For 360 degree imaging of this site, click here. | |
Taxila (Urdu: ٹیکسلا, Sanskrit: तक्षशिला Takṣaśilā, Pali:Takkasilā) is an important archaeological site in Pakistan containing the ruins of the Gandhāran city of Takshashila (also Takkasila or Taxila) an important Vedic/Hindu and Buddhist centre of learning from the 6th century BCE to the 5th century CE. In 1980, Taxila was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site with multiple locations. Historically, Taxila lay at the crossroads of three major trade routes: the royal highway from Pāṭaliputra; the north-western route through Bactria, Kāpiśa, and Puṣkalāvatī (Peshawar); and the route from Kashmir and Central Asia, via Śrinigar, Mānsehrā, and the Haripur valley across the Khunjerab pass to the Silk Road. Today, Taxila is situated at the western region of the Islamabad Capital Territory—to the northwest of Rawalpindi and on the border of the Punjab and North West Frontier Provinces—about 30 kilometres west-northwest of Islamabad, just off the Grand Trunk Road. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. For 360 degree imaging of this site, click here. | ||
Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139 | |
Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |