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Taxila

Type Object Region South Asia Time c. 1–500

Taxila in present-day northern Pakistan was one of ancient South Asia's most important scholarly and trading cities, on the route from the southern H…

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  1. c. 1–200Taxila · TaxilaUnder Kushan rule Taxila had numerous Buddhist monasteries, and Gandharan stone sculpture fused Greek forms with Indian subjects, with merchants and monks gathering here along the southern Silk Road route.
  2. c. 200–400Taxila · TaxilaIn the 3rd–4th centuries Taxila maintained traditions of Sanskrit and Buddhist teaching; Chinese monks such as Faxian visited and recorded the scale of its temples and stupas, and the city continued as a relay point for goods between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
  3. c. 400–500Taxila · TaxilaAround the 5th century, under regimes such as the Hephthalites, Taxila remained an important Buddhist and artistic center, with coins and sculptures excavated from the site reflecting ongoing East–West cultural exchange.

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