Taxila

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient city archaeological site

Taxila was an ancient city in present-day Pakistan that served as a major center of learning, trade, and administration in South Asia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Taxila canonical 14
Takshashila 2
Taxila region 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Ashoka ⓘ
Chanakya ⓘ
Charaka (tradition preserved) ⓘ
surface form: Charaka

Panini ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Alexander the Great ⓘ
Maurya Empire ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 33.745 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 72.836 ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
excavatedBy John Marshall ⓘ
excavationEndYear 1934 ⓘ
excavationStartYear 1913 ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Bhir Mound ⓘ
Bhamala Stupa ⓘ
surface form: Dharmarajika stupa

Jaulian monastery ⓘ
Mohra Muradu monastery ⓘ
Sirkap ⓘ
Sirsukh ⓘ
hasMuseum Taxila Museum ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageListUnderCriteria iii ⓘ
iv ⓘ
vi ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist monastic institutions ⓘ
administrative center ⓘ
ancient university ⓘ
center of learning ⓘ
trade and commerce ⓘ
languageHistoricallyUsed Gandhari ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
locatedIn Potohar Plateau ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Islamabad ⓘ
modernSettlementNearby Taxila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Taxila city
partOf Gandhara civilization ⓘ
surface form: Gandhara region
religionHistoricallyPracticed Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
significantPeriod Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Gandhara civilization ⓘ
Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Greek Kingdom

Kushan Empire ⓘ
Maurya Empire ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 1980 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 139 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maurya Empire → importantCity → Taxila ⓘ
Potohar Plateau → contains → Taxila ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taxila region
Potohar Plateau → archaeologicalSite → Taxila ⓘ
Haripur → nearbyCity → Taxila ⓘ
Gandhara civilization → capitalOrMajorCenter → Taxila ⓘ
Gandhara civilization → heritageSite → Taxila ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site of Taxila
Indo-Greek Kingdoms → hasCapital → Taxila ⓘ
ancient India → capitalCity → Taxila ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India
Chanakya → associatedWith → Taxila ⓘ
this entity surface form: Takshashila
Chanakya → educatedAt → Taxila ⓘ
this entity surface form: Takshashila
Taxila → modernSettlementNearby → Taxila self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taxila city
Rawalpindi District → contains → Taxila ⓘ
Rawalpindi District → hasHistoricalSite → Taxila ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taxila archaeological sites
Hattar Industrial Estate → nearbyCity → Taxila ⓘ
Bhamala Stupa → locatedIn → Taxila ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taxila region
Indo-Scythian Kingdoms → capital → Taxila ⓘ
Haro River → nearCity → Taxila ⓘ
Indo-Parthians → capital → Taxila ⓘ
Indo-Parthians → notableSite → Taxila ⓘ
Alexander Cunningham → explored → Taxila ⓘ
Hasan Abdal → locatedNear → Taxila ⓘ