Taxila Railway Station

Taxila Railway Station is a railway station in Rawalpindi District, Punjab. Taxila Railway Station is situated nearby to the nature reserve Bhir Mound.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Taxila and Bhir Mound.

Taxila

Railway station

Taxila Cantonment Junction Railway Station is located in Taxila cantonment area near Taxila, Rawalpindi district of Punjab province, Pakistan. It serves as a junction for Havelian.

Bhir Mound

Nature reserve

Photo: Dawoodmajoka, Public domain.

The Bhir Mound is an archaeological site in Taxila in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It contains some of the oldest ruins of Ancient Taxila, dated to sometime around the period 800–525 BC as its earliest layers bear "grooved" Red Burnished Ware, the Bhir Mound, along with several other nearby excavations, form part of the Ruins of Taxila – inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Sirkap

Archaeological site

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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 modern-day Pakistan around 180 BC. Sirkap is situated 2 km northeast of Taxila Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taxila and Wah Cantt.

Taxila

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The ancient settlement of Taxila in the western outskirts of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; it is considered one of the most important archaeological sites of South Asia, and for good reason.

Wah Cantt

Photo: Asad janjua, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wah Cantonment is a military city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Wah Cantt is adjacent to Taxila, a small town enriched with one of the most important archaeological sites of the world.

Taxila Railway Station

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “Taxila” and “Taxila Station”
Category: transportation
Location: Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.74199° or 33° 44′ 31″ north

Longitude

72.81444° or 72° 48′ 52″ east

Elevation

514 metres (1,686 feet)

Open location code

8J5JPRR7+QQ

GeoNames ID

1338974

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