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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 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 ...
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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.
The Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius (r.c. 200–180 BC), founder of Sirkap. Main archaeological artifacts from the Indo-Greek strata at Taxila.From top, left: *Fluted vase with bead and reel design (Bhir Mound, stratum 1) *Cup with rosace and decorative scroll (Bhir Mound, stratum 1) *Stone palette with individual on a couch being crowned by standing woman, and served (Sirkap, stratum 5) *Handle ...
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Mohra Muradu (Urdu: موہرا مرادو) is the place of an ancient Buddhist stupa and monastery near the ruins of Taxila, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] The ancient monastery is located in a valley and has views of the surrounding mountains.
Ruins of University of Taxila. Takshashila is described in some detail in later Jātaka tales, written in Sri Lanka around the fifth century AD. [3] It became a noted centre of learning at least several centuries BC, and continued to attract students until the destruction of the city in the fifth century AD.