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The Wall Of Sirkap

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The wall of the city is made of large stone bricks with smaller stone bricks in-between the larger ones. It is remarkably smooth on the outer side. Circular bastions are present in the wall at small distances for defence. These bastions contain holes for archers who could shoot arrows at the enemy outside. شہر کی فصیل بڑے بڑے پتھروں سے بنائی گئی ہے جن کے بیچ میں چھوٹے پتھر استعمال ہوئے ہیں۔ باہر...

The Ruins Of Sirsukh

01:29  Unknown  
The ancient city was excavated only on a very small scale in 1915-16 CE, and further excavation work has been impeded by a high water table which threatens the integrity of ancient structures. It was included in the World Heritage List of the UNO in 1980 as part of Taxila. اس شھر کی کھدائی ایک محدود پیمانے پر ۱۹۱۵۔۱۹۱۶ میں ہوئی۔ مزید کام پانی کی بلند سطح کی وجہ سے بند کرنا پڑا۔ ۱۹۸۰ میں ان کھنڈرات...

The Sirsukh City

01:21  Unknown  
The city of Sirsukh was founded by the Kushan king Kanishka after 80 CE, and is the last of the great ancient cities of Taxila. The invaders decided to abandon the older city of Sirkap and build a newer city on the other side of the Lundi-nala. The wall of the city is about 5 kilometers long and about 5.4 meters thick. The city wall covers an area of around 2300 x 1000 meters seen along the east-west...

Sirsukh

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Sirsukh is the name of an archaeological site near the city of Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. سرسکھ ٹیکسلا، پاکستان کے کھنڈرات کا حصہ ہے...

Visit by Apollonius of Tyana On Sirkap

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The Greek philosopher Apollonius of Tyana is related to have visited ancient Pakistan, and specifically the city of Taxila in the 1st century AD. He describes constructions of the Greek type, probably referring to Sirkap: "Taxila, they tell us, is about as big as Nineveh, and was fortified fairly well after the manner of Greek cities". "I have already described the way in which the city is walled,...

Double-Headed Eagle Stupa Of Sirkap

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A special Stupa at Sirkap is the so-called 'Double-Headed Eagle Stupa'. The pilasters here are of a Greek design, "Corinthian columns". In the middle arch, a Greek temple is shown; in the outer, a shrine of a Hindu design can be seen. On top of these sanctuaries, a double-headed eagle is seated from which the name of the Stupa has been derived. This motive is rather odd, to say the least, as it is...

Apsidal Temple Of sirkap

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The building that is known as the Apsidal Temple is the largest sanctuary of Sirkap, measuring about 70 by 40 meters (by contrast: the Parthenon in Athens is 70 by 31 meters). The Apsidal Temple consists of a square nave with several rooms, used by the Buddhist monks, and a circular room, which gives the building its apsidal shape. After the earthquake that destroyed the city in ca. 30 AD, the Buddhist...

Round Stupa Of sirkap

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One round Stupa is present at Sirkap. It is one of the oldest Stupas in the Indian-Subcontinent. It is assumed that this Stupa was uprooted and thrown to its present location by a strong earthquake in the 1st century AD. When the new city was built later, the Stupa was kept by building a protecting wall around it. سرکپ میں موجود گول ستوپہ پاکستان کے قدیم ترین ستوپوں میں سے ایک ہے۔ خیال کیا جاتا...

Religious buildings Of Sirkap

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Buddhist stupas with strong Hellenistic decorative elements can be found throughout the Sirkap site (Stupa of the two eagles as well as a Hindu temple, indicating a close interaction of religious cultures. A Greek religious temple of the Ionic order is also visible at the nearby site of Jandial (650 meters from Sirkap), but there is a possibility that it may have been dedicated to a Zoroastrian cult. The...

سرکپ کی تاریخ

22:32  Unknown  
غالب خیال کے مطابق سرکپ کا شھر یونانی و بکتری بادشاہ دیمیٹریوس نے ہندوستان پر حملہ کے بعد ۱۸۰ قبل مسیح میں بسایا تھا۔ لیکن بعض لوگوں کے خیال میں یہ شھر مینندر اول نے تعمیر کیا تھا۔ اس شھر کو یونانی طرز تعمیر کے مطابق بنایا گیا تھا۔ شھر کے بیچ میں ایک میدان تھا جس کے گرد ۱۵ سڑکیں بنی ہوئی تھیں۔ شھر قریبا ۱۲۰۰X ۴۰۰ میٹر رقبے پر پھیلا ہوا تھا جس کے گرد ۵ سے ۷ میٹر چوڑی اور ۸ء۴ کیلومیٹر لمبی فصیل...

Greek city Sirkap

22:27  Unknown  
The site of Sirkap was built according to the "Hippodamian" grid-plan characteristic of Greek cities. It is organized around one main avenue and fifteen perpendicular streets, covering a surface of around 1200x400 meters, with a surrounding wall 5–7 meters wide and 4.8 kilometers long. The ruins are Greek in character, similar to those of Olynthus in Macedonia. Numerous Hellenistic artifacts have...

Sirkap

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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...

The monument Of Mohra Muradu

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The monument is found in one of the rooms of the monastery. It was probably dedicated to the memory of one of the teachers who used to live in the room where it is located. The umbrellas were once colored. The monument is about 4 meters high. ایک خاص یادگار درسگاہ کے ایک کمرہ میں موجود ہے۔ غالبا یہ ایک استاد کی یاد میں تعمیر کی گَی تھی جو کہ اس کمرہ میں رہتا تھا۔ یہ یادگار قریبا ۴ میٹر بلند ہے...

The monastery of Mohra Muradu

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The monastery consists of 27 rooms for the students and the teachers built around a courtyard with a pool. The large, square shaped pool contained water for ritual washings and was about half a metre deep. Stairs to the pool were present on all sides. The monastery also contained a kitchen and a well for water that still functions today. The rain water was collected into the pool from the roof of...

Excavation Of Mohra Muradu

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The ruins of Mohra Muradu were excavated under the supervision of Sir John Marshall by Abdul Qadir in 1914-1915. They consist of a buddhistic monastery and two stupas. The main stupa is built on a foundation more than 4.75 meters high. The smaller, votive, stupa lies behind the bigger one. موہرا مرادو کے کھنڈرات کی کھدائی پہلی مرتبہ سر جان مارشل کی زیر نگرانی عبد القادر نے ۱۹۱۴ تا ۱۹۱۵ میں کی۔...

The Monastery Of Jaulian

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The monastery contained a number of rooms for the students in addition to a large pool for washings. There are 28 such rooms. The monastery consisted of a second floor with another 28 rooms. Stairs of stone to the upper floor are still preserved. Statues of Buddha are present in front of some of the rooms. Each room had a window for supply of fresh air and as a source of some light and a niche to...

History Of Bhir Mound

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Darius I conquered Bhir in 518 BCE. However, this assumption is based only upon textual evidence. In 326 BCE, Alexander the Great came and conquered the area. Raja Ambhi, it is recorded, entertained the Greek king here. He surrendered to Alexander and offered him a body of soldiers mounted on elephants. In 316 BCE, Chandragupta of Magadha, the founder of the Mauryan dynasty, conquered Panjab. Taxila...

The Ruins Of Bhir Mound

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The ruins of the town form an irregular shape measuring around 1 km from north to south and about 600 meters from east to west. The oldest part or layer of these ruins is from the sixth and fifth centuries BC. The second layer is from the fourth century BC and existed at the time of the invasion of Alexander the Great. The third layer is from the time of the Maurya kings of India (third century BC)....

Main Stupa Of Jaulian

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The main stupa at Jaulian is badly damaged. It is surrounded by 21 votive stupas. Some experts think that a few of the votive stupas are actually tombs of revered monks. The statues at the stupas are mostly preserved. A number of these have been removed for exhibitions at museums. The original structure of the building of the Stupa along with the plaster is preserved at some places. A statue of...

Jaulian The Ruins

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The ruins at Jaulian date from the fifth century CE and consist of two main parts. These are 1) the main stupa and 2) the monastery and university of Jaulian. The ruins are situated on a mountain top. The form and building of the university at Jaulian is similar to that of Mohra Muradu, about 1 kilometre away. جھولیاں کے کھنڈرات پانچوی صدی عیسوی سے تعلق رکھتے ہیں۔ ان کھنڈرات کے دو بڑے حصے ہیں۔ اول...

Bhir Mound Excavation

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The ruins of Bhir Mound were excavated from 1913-1925 by Sir John Marshall. The work was continued by Sir Mortimer Wheeler in 1944-1945 and by Dr. Mohammad Sharif in 1966-1967. Further excavations were performed in 1998-2000 by Bahadur Khan and in 2002 by Dr. Ashraf and Mahmud-al-Hassan. بھڑ ماونڈ کے کھنڈرات کو پہلی دفعہ سر جان مارشل نے ۱۹۱۳ سے ۱۹۲۵ کے عرصہ میں کھودا۔ ان کا کام سر مورٹمر ویہلر نے...

Mohra Muradu

21:59  Unknown  
Mohra Muradu is the place of an ancient Buddhist stupa and monastery near the ruins of Taxila, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The ancient monastery is located in a valley and offers a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains. The monks could meditate in all stillness at this place but were near enough to the city of Sirsukh to go for begging as it is only around 1.5 km away. The city...

Dharmarajika

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The Dharmarajika is a large Buddhist stupa in the area of Taxila, Pakistan. It is thought that it was established by the Maurya emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE around relics of the Buddha.The stupa is also popularly called as 'Chir Tope.'The site of divided into two parts: the stupa area in the south and his monastic area in the north. The stupa of Dharmarajika is about 3 kilometers from the...

BhirMound

21:48  Unknown  
The Bhir Mound is the oldest of the ruins of Taxila in the Punjab province of Pakistan. بھڑ ماونڈ پاکستان میں واقع ٹیکسلا کے کھنڈرات کا قدیم ترین حصہ ...
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Jaulian are the ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery near Taxila, Punjab Pakistan. جھولیاں پاکستان میں واقع ٹیکسلا کے قریب ایک قدیم بدھ درسگاہ کے کھنڈرات ہی...
21:19  Unknown  
Taxila is a Tehsil in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province of Pakistan. It is an important archaeological site. Taxila is situated about 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi in Panjab; just off the Grand Trunk Road. Taxila lies 549 metres (1,801 ft) above sea level. راولپنڈی سے 22 میل دور ، بجانب شمال مغرب ، ایک قدیم شہر۔ 326 ق م میں سکندر اعظم نے اس شہر...
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