Taxila
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Taxila, historically known as Takshashila, is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab, Pakistan. Founded around c. 1000 BC, it is one of the oldest cities in South A
The Dharmarajika Stupa, a Mauryan-era Buddhist stupa near the city of Taxila (2010)
The name for the city of Taxila (Pāli Brahmi: 𑀢𑀔𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸, Takhkhasilā), as it appears on the Heliodorus Pillar inscription, circa 100 BCE
Eastern border of the Achaemenid Empire
A view over the ruins of Sirkap.
Gandhara
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Gandhara was an ancient Indo-Aryan culture and historical region located in what is now northwestern Pakistan and northeastern Afghanistan. Situated at the crossroads of Central and South Asia, it was
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…just south of the Haripur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Established during the Vedic period, Old Taxila was for a time the capital city of kingdom of Gandhāra. Situated on the eastern shore of the Indus River—the pivotal junction of the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia—it was possibly founded around 1000…
Cremation urn, Gandhara grave culture, Swat Valley, c. 1200 BCE
Gandāra soldier from the tomb of Xerxes I, c. 470 BCE
Athenian tetradrachm (c. 500/490–485 BCE) discovered in Pushkalavati. This coin is the earliest known example of its type to be found so far east. Such coins were circulating in the area as currency, at least as far as the Indus, during the reign of the Achaemenids.
Major Rock Edict of Ashoka in Mansehra