Taxila

[ tak-suh-luh ]

noun

1. an archaeological site near Rawalpindi, Pakistan: ruins of three successive cities on the same site, dating from about the 7th century b.c. to about the 7th century a.d.; Buddhist center.

Example Sentences

Between the Indus and the Hydaspes is Taxila, a large city, and governed by good laws.

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Aristobulus relates also some strange and unusual customs of the people of Taxila.

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Alexander had left behind a mixed force of Greeks and Indians at Taxila.

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Taxila seems to have been situated at some distance to the east of Attock.

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Even before he reached this river, he had built vessels which he had sent down the Kophenes to Taxila.

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