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Taxila or Takshashila (Punjabi and Urdu: ٹيکسلا) [2] is a city in the Pothohar region of Punjab, Pakistan.Located in the Taxila Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, it lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area and is just south of the Haripur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Taxila Museum (Punjabi, Urdu: ٹیکسلا عجائب گھر) is 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 .
The list includes the only completely inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol [1] as well as sites which are part of the World Heritage Sites at Taxila.
The Bhir Mound (Urdu: بھڑ ماونڈ) is an archaeological site in Taxila in the Punjab province of Pakistan.It contains some of the oldest ruins of Ancient Taxila, dated to sometime around the period 800–525 BC as its earliest layers bear "grooved" Red Burnished Ware, [1] the Bhir Mound, along with several other nearby excavations, form part of the Ruins of Taxila – inscribed as a ...
The Shahullah Dutta Caves are located on the route used by Alexander the Great and Sher Shah Suri to travel from Kabul to the Gandharan city of Taxila. [3] Mughal rulers and other emperors often passed through this region on their way to India from Afghanistan. This village is believed to be more than seven hundred years old.
Dharmarajika Stupa is the largest of all stupas in the Taxila region, [2] Surrounding the main mound is a passageway for pradakshina — the ancient practice of walking around a holy site. The stupa's large anda , or hemispherical mound, is damaged − though the plinth of the mound, known as the medhi , is still largely intact. [ 10 ]
The university of ancient Taxila (ISO: Takṣaśilā Viśvavidyālaya) was a center of the Gurukula system of Brahmanical education in Taxila, Gandhara, in present-day Punjab, Pakistan, near the bank of the Indus River. It was established as a centre of education in religious and secular topics.
The Taxila Tehsil, with its administrative centre in Taxila, is one of the eight districts of the Rawalpindi District in the Punjab, Pakistan. The Attock District, Rawalpindi Tehsil, Islamabad Capital Territory, and Haripur District surround it on the north and west. The area was part of the ancient Gandhara region.