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Taxila, Sirkap, Round temple Sanctuary
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Stupa with a double-headed eagle Relief, Sanctuary
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Stupa with a double-headed eagle Sanctuary
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Sun temple Sanctuary
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Round stupa Sanctuary
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Shops
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Main road Road
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Jainist sanctuary Sanctuary
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Stratigraphy Excavation
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Guard house
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap Town
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Wall Wall
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Taxila, Sirkap, Stupa Sanctuary
Date: BCE_0200c-CE_0080c
Category: Hellenism, Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Taxila
Collection: Livius

Surroundings:

Apsidal temple

Taxila, Sirkap, Round temple

Taxila, Bhir Mound, Water conduit

Taxila, Jandial, Hellenistic temple

Taxila, Jandial, Hellenistic temple

Taxila, Jandial, Hellenistic temple

Taxila, Jandial, Hellenistic temple, Ionic capital

Taxila, Jandial, Hellenistic temple, door

Taxila, Jandial, Hellenistic temple, naos

Taxila, Jandial, Hellenistic temple, wall

Ancient Grand Trunk Road (

Medieval Grand Trunk Road near Taxila

Fan tree

Taxila, Bhir Mound, oldest city

Taxila, Bhir Mound, oldest city

Taxila, Bhir Mound, oldest city

Taxila, Bhir Mound, oldest city, sounding

Taxila, Bhir Mound, oldest city

Ratta Ping, Corona imagery 1971

Taxila, Sirsukh, Kusham city, wall

Taxila, Sirsukh, Kusham city, postern gate

Taxila, Sirsukh, Kusham city, tower

Taxila, Sirsukh, Kusham city, gate

Taxila, Monastery of Mohra Moradu, Stupa, Buddha

Taxila, Monastery of Mohra Moradu, Great stupa

Taxila, Monastery of Mohra Moradu, Wall

Taxila, Monastery of Mohra Moradu, Great stupa, Hellenizing sculptur

Taxila, Monastery of Mohra Moradu, Court

Taxila, Monastery of Mohra Moradu, Great stupa, Hellenizing sculptur

Taxila, Monastery of Mohra Moradu, Court

City

Location:

Pakistan, Gangu Jumma
geo:33.752888,72.828072
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

-180~ / 80~

Class:

City
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=18344
livius:place=taxila/taxila-photos/taxila-sirkap
wikidata:entity=Q1340954

Annotations

CUNNINGHAM Alexander (1871), The ancient geography of India, London - Trübner & Co (https://archive.org/details/cu31924023029485)

SOMUNCU Mehmet & AHMAD KHAN Ashfaq (2010), Current Status of Management and Protection of Taxila World Heritage Site, Pakistan, Ankara Üniversitesi Çevrebilimleri Dergisi (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280797774_Current_Status_of_Management_and_Protection_of_Taxila_World_Heritage_Site_Pakistan)

WIKIPEDIA - Taxila (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxila)

Taxila - Sirkap. Hellenistische stad.

Nearby

Hathial mound - Iron Age Taxila

Iron age archaeological site of Gandhara kingdom capital, occupied until Achaemenid conquest. Later included inside the Indo-Greek Taxila. Excavaetd by John Marshall.

Kunala complex

Buddhist monastery and stupa, inside Sirkap site of ancient Taxila. Visited by the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang.

Taxila, Apsidal Temple

One of the largest sanctuaries from Antiquity