Name: Taxila Ancient Buddhist Ruins
Rating: 2

Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Discover

Places to see

Pakistan

Taxila Ancient Buddhist Ruins

Discover

Places to see

Pakistan

Taxila Ancient Buddhist Ruins

Recommended by 2 hikers

Save

Location: Pakistan

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Tips

Hubert Trapp

March 26, 2023

Taxila, the "City of Stones," was once a flourishing city along the trade routes of Central Asia, mentioned in both the Mahabharata and the Ramayana for its wealth and magnificence. Its strategic position has made it vulnerable to conquest. In 326 BCE Alexander the Great entered the city with his armies and was greeted by King Ambhi. The Greeks lauded the city as the "greatest of all the cities" in the area. Alexander annexed the area as part of his enormous kingdom, but his weak successors were unable to hold on to the prize. In 300 BCE Taxila was conquered by the Mauryan Empire of India under Chandragupta. Taxila served as the capital of India's western province.
Taxila's downfall came in the 5th century CE when the White Hun hordes sacked the area, destroying monasteries and looting the city's treasures. When the famous Chinese Pilgrim monk Hsuan Tsang visited the area in the 7th century (while looking for Buddhist Sutras), he described it by saying "monasteries are half ruined. The country is depopulated and now a dependency of Kashmir."
orientalarchitecture.com/cid/101/pakistan/taxila
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxila

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 530 m

Weather

Today

Friday 17 October

30°C

20°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 0.0 km/h

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Pakistan

Taxila Ancient Buddhist Ruins

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️