Taxila

[ tak-suh-luh ]

/ ˈtæk sə lə /

noun

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.

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

The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) |Strabo
Taxila seems to have been situated at some distance to the east of Attock.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) |Strabo
Aristobulus relates also some strange and unusual customs of the people of Taxila.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) |Strabo
Alexander had left behind a mixed force of Greeks and Indians at Taxila.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 |Various

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

Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18 |William Stevenson

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Taxila

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