TRAVELLING TOWARDS BEAUTIFUL HISTORICAL PLACES IN TAXILA:
Traveling is a lot of fun. It's a method of learning. Traveling, especially to historical sites, may teach us a lot because we learn about the history of the area when we go there. It is critical for students to visit historical sites in order to gain a better understanding of history and geography.
There are so many historical places in Pakistan. As after partition , historical places kept well preserved for tourism as well as for gaining knowledge about history of that historical sites. Taxila has collection of many historical sites. Lets explore them.
If you're wondering where historical sites may be found in Taxila, you've come to the right spot.
In this article, I'll tell you about Taxila ,its history which is known for its many beautiful historical sites.
Let's move ahead toward the article...
Taxila , a historical city:
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HISTORY OF TAXILA:
In 327 BC, Alexander the Great conquered Taxila, which was then governed by the Mauryans. It was under Asoka's reign that it achieved the pinnacle of its civilization and culture. Taxila was conquered and destroyed.The Gandhara period was Taxila's most recent significant historical period. Taxila rose to prominence as a world-renowned centre for philosophy and art throughout this period. The city has a large tourism base and attracts many visitors from China and Greece, primarily because it is a Buddhist centre, and Buddhists from all over the world flock to visit the city's stupas because of its religious significance to them. For them stupa is a place of meditation.
Historical places in Taxila:
Taxila, as the birthplace of many civilizations, contains numerous ancient sites worth visiting, including fortified cities, monasteries, tombs, and more. Because of its close proximity to Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, this is an ideal tourist destination.
Taxila Museum:
Taxila museum is located on Shahpur road, Bhir mound city walls Taxila.
Stone, stucco, terracotta, silver, gold, iron, statuary, and semiprecious stones are among the 4000 pieces on show.
Taxila Museum houses one of Pakistan's most important and extensive collections of stone Buddhist sculpture dating from the first to seventh century.
I'd like to share my visit to the Taxila Museum with you. I went to a museum. As we entered the museum, we are greeted by a hall flanked by a massive Sprinkler-type device, followed by several antique objects put in various section locations. To keep everything safe, everything is kept behind a glass cabinet. Buddhist statues are grouped together in one location. The museum contains a variety of statues of various sizes.
Houses for museum employees are located outside the museum. There is also a lovely garden outside there.
MONASTERIES IN TAXILA:
Taxila is the hub of historical monasteries. In the historical city , there are many tiny stupas. Stupa is center hemisphere shaped like dome which is the sign of meditation and relaxation for old people called buddhists.
The first is the Dharmarajika stupa, which is two kilometres (2 k.m) away from the Taxila museum.
Then there's the Glen of Giri, about three and a half miles(3.5 miles) from Dharmarajika stupa. It has two stupas and a castle erected in a fissure by a spring of delicious water.
Jaulian is another magnificent complex of stupas and a monastery with a well-preserved assembly hall, store rooms, kitchen, and baths.Julian university is one of the oldest university.
Mohra Moradu, two miles west of Jaulian, is another well-preserved monastery.
An image-less temple in the classic Greek style with sandstone columns and cornices may be found in Jandial, about a mile and a half from Sirsukh. From the Gandhara Civilization, this is a Buddhist temple. After driving through the main gate of UET Taxila, a small road on the left leads to the Jandial temple, which is flanked by farmland and dwellings. The main columns of the temple are the sole attractive features.
One of the most prominent Buddhist sites in the Taxila region is Jinnan Wali Dheri. It's the ruins of a Buddhist monastery complex from the 5th century AD, part of the Gandhara civilization's ruins. It is one of the Taxila valley's best-preserved Buddhist monastic complexes.
Conclusion:
In the last , i would say that Taxila is a hub of one of the best historical sites. If you have love towards history and historical sites then you must visit Taxila. It would surely increase your knowledge towards history. Specially students must visit these beautiful historical sites so they can understand history of Taxila like a story.