Sirkap

Sirkap is the name of an archaeological site on the bank opposite to the city of Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius after he invaded ancient India around 180 BC. Demetrius founded in the northern and northwestern Indian subcontinent (modern day Pakistan) an Indo-Greek kingdom that was to last until around 10 BC. Sirkap is also said to have been rebuilt by king Menander I. The excavation of the old city was carried out under the supervision of Sir John Marshall by Hergrew from 1912-1930. In 1944 and 1945 further parts were excavated by Mortimer Wheeler and his colleagues. سرکپ ٹیکسلا، پاکستان کے وسیع کھنڈرات کا ایک حصہ ہے۔ سرکپ کے کھنڈرات کی کھدائی اول سر جان مارشل کے زیر ہدایت ہرگریو نے ۱۹۱۲ تا ۱۹۳۰ میں کی۔ پھر ۱۹۴۴ تا ۱۹۴۵ میں مورٹمر ویہلر نے بعض مزید حصوں دریافت کئے۔