Taxila
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.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 510 metres (1,680 feet)
- Description: archaeological site of the ancient Indian subcontinent, at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan
- Also known as“Mint of Taxila”“Takshashila”
Places of Interest
Discover Bhir Mound and Taxila.
Bhir Mound
The Bhir Mound is an archaeological site in Taxila in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
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Taxila
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Latitude
33.7373° or 33° 44′ 14″ north
Longitude
72.8006° or 72° 48′ 2″ east
Open location code
8J5JPRP2+W7
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Taxila” goes by many names.
ታክሲላAmharic
تاكسيلاArabic
تاكشاشيلاArabic
تيكسلاArabic
ԹաքշաիլաArmenian
ԹաքսիլաArmenian
তক্ষশীলাAssamese
TaxilaAzerbaijani
TaksilaBasque
TaxilaBasque
ТаксілаBelarusian
তক্ষশীলাBengali
ТаксилаBulgarian
တက္ကသီလာBurmese
TàxilaCatalan
تەکسیلاCentral Kurdish
呾叉始罗Chinese
呾叉始羅Chinese
塔克西拉Chinese
怛叉始罗Chinese
TaksilaCroatian
TaxilaCroatian
TakkasiláCzech
TakšašílaCzech
TaksilaCzech
TaxilaCzech
TaxilaDanish
TaxilaDutch
تاكسيلاEgyptian Arabic
TaksilaEsperanto
TaksiloEsperanto
TaksilaFinnish
TaxilaFinnish
TaxilaGalician
ტაქსილაGeorgian
तक्षशिलाGoan Konkani
ΤαξάσιλαGreek
ΤάξιλαGreek
તક્ષશિલાGujarati
תכסילאHebrew
तक्षशिलाHindi
तक्षिलाHindi
विक्रमसीलाHindi
TakszilaHungarian
TaxilaIndonesian
TakshashilaItalian
TassilaItalian
TaxilaItalian
タキシラJapanese
タクシラJapanese
ತಕ್ಷಶಿಲಾKannada
TaksïlaKazakh
ТаксилаKazakh
تاكسىيلاKazakh
탁실라Korean
TaksilaLatvian
呾叉始羅Literary Chinese
TaksilaLithuanian
तक्षशिलाMaithili
TaxilaMalayalam
Thakshasila universityMalayalam
തക്ഷശിലMalayalam
തക്ഷശില സർവകലാശാലMalayalam
TaxilaMaltese
तक्षशिलाMarathi
तक्षशिलाNepali
TaxilaNorwegian
TaxilaNorwegian Bokmål
ТаксилæOssetian
ТакшашилæOssetian
ٹيکسلاPanjabi
ਤੇਕ੍ਸਿਲਾPanjabi
تاکسیلاPersian
تکسیلاPersian
تکسیلهPersian
تکششیلاPersian
SirkapPolish
SirsukhPolish
TaksasilaPolish
TaksilaPolish
TaxilaPolish
تاکسيلاPushto
ټاکسيلاPushto
ټکسيلاPushto
ټېکسلاPushto
TaxilaRomanian
ТаксилаRussian
ТакшашилаRussian
तक्षशिलाSanskrit
तक्षशिलाविश्वविद्यालयःSanskrit
ٹیکسلاSaraiki
TaxilaScots
ТаксилаSerbian
TaksilaSerbo-Croatian
ٽيڪسيلاSindhi
තක්ෂිලාSinhala
TaxilaSlovak
TaksilaSlovenian
TaxilaSlovenian
TaxilaSwedish
தக்சசீலாTamil
Борынгы Таксила каласы археологик аланыTatar
తక్షశిలTelugu
తక్షశిల విశ్వవిద్యాలయంTelugu
ตักกสิลาThai
ตักศิลาThai
ตักสิลาThai
TaksilaTurkish
TaxilaTurkish
ТаксилаUkrainian
ٹیکسلاUrdu
TaksilaUzbek
TaxilaVietnamese
ٹیکسلا، پنجابWestern Panjabi
塔卡斯拉Yue Chinese
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