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Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 02 November 2009  Page Views: 17400

MuseumsSite Name: Taxila Museum Alternative Name: Taxila Excavations
Country: Pakistan
NOTE: This site is 111.148 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Islamabad, Pakistan  Nearest Village: Taxila, Pakistan
Latitude: 33.747500N  Longitude: 72.819000E
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dagadd visited on 2nd Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 A lot to see in the Taxilla valley. Definitely need a guide.

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Taxila Museum
Taxila Museum submitted by dagadd : The main street in this important city, set beautifully in the foothills of the Himalayas. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Pakistan.
Founded by the Achaemenians in the 6th century BC, Takshasila (Taxila) became the Gandharan capital. Today the Taxila Museum is surrounded by sites and excavations of this ancient capitol, including the Bhir Mound.

The city excavations are near the museum and open to the public. Taxila lies on the Grand Trunk Road.

Note: 2,000-year-old objects found in Pakistan's Taxila. See comment.
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Taxila Museum submitted by dagadd : Sheep among the ruins, chased away by my guide. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Taxila Museum submitted by dagadd : The Sun Temple. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Taxila Museum submitted by dagadd : Useful information board. One of the many excavations Sir Mortimer Wheeler was involved in. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Taxila Museum submitted by dagadd : The site is well-kept, with staff on duty all the time. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Taxila Museum submitted by dagadd : Site map of Sirkap, second city of Taxilla

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Taxila Museum submitted by dagadd : Taxilla Museum

Taxila Museum
Taxila Museum submitted by dagadd : Site in Pakistan Archaeological sites in the Taxila valley. Taxila is right of centre, slightly above the centre line.

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2,000-year-old objects found in Pakistan's Taxila by bat400 on Monday, 04 July 2011
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About 200 objects dating back to the first century AD have been found during excavations near Pakistan's ancient site of Taxila.

Taxila shows the different stages in the development of a city on the Indus that was influenced by Persia, Greece and Central Asia and which, from the 5th century B.C. to the 2nd century A.D., was an important Buddhist centre of learning.

It lies 30 km northwest of Rawalpindi.

Dawn reported that a team of Taxila Institute of Asian Civilization (TIAC) found the 200 objects during excavations at an ancient Buddhist Stupa and monastery near Taxila.

The objects are mostly stamped pottery parts of terracota, iron pieces and lamp.

The institute's director Mohammad Ashraf Khan noted that the site had the potential of holding ancient treasures.

He said the first excavation at the site was carried out in 1916-17 by Sir John Marshall, the second in 2005 and then in 2006.

Khan said the history of Taxila should be rewritten in light of the fresh discoveries.

Thanks to coldrum for this link: Source: http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-19634.html
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Blasting away centuries-old heritage for gravel by bat400 on Monday, 02 November 2009
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Submitted by coldrum ---
Taxila valley does not just boast country’s rich heritage, it has been a source of enduring pride for the people. But it has been under stress from continuous quarrying and blasting in its surroundings. Archaeologists and environmentalists are again voicing outrage at substantial harm to this irreplaceable cultural heritage – ancient structures, archaeological sites, and priceless artifacts – from continuous quarrying.

The archaeological remains and environment of Taxila valley were seemingly safe until a large number of stone crushing plants were installed. Mining and blasting ensued, causing substantial loss to environment in which precious heritage sites have existed for the last 2,600 years.

To preserve historical and geographical settings of Taxila valley, the federal government declared it as a conservation zone. Necessary notifications were issued in 1982 under Antiquities Act-1975, prohibiting mining, quarrying, excavation, blasting and other operations of similar nature and removed 40 stone crushing plants situated within the conservation zone.

Later, the conservation zone was reduced through notifications in 1984, 1986, and 1989 to allow stone crushing machines in the dry bed of Haro River and to exclude the area of Fecto Cement Factory and Sangjani stone crushers.

'Structural remains of sites of Taxila valley are of very fragile nature and easily vulnerable against such destructive forces,' they added.

In its report for the Pakistan Environment Protection Agency, a copy of which is available with Dawn, the Department of Archaeology complained: 'Continuous quarrying and blasting in close proximity of these ancient sites for the last many decades have caused substantial loss to these monuments. A slow degradation can be observed in all 24 excavated archaeological sites and monuments of Taxila valley, cracks and inclination in the structures are quite visible.'

As many as 1,000 to 1,500 trucks carry crushed stones out of the Margalla Hills. Although, the Department of Mines and Minerals argued that sites were safe from blasting, the report said vibrations caused by blasting not only damaged archaeological sites but had damaged many priceless antiquities displayed in Taxila Museum. Vibrations caused objects to slide slowly, unnoticeably towards edges of shelves in display cases and finally fall and break.


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