Many historic cities are destroyed and became eliminate from
screen; when there remains found, we named them Lost City. Asia is considered a
main highway on which all famous rulers pass through India and Arab Countries.
A City named in Sanskrit Takshashila is now became TAXILA. This name is originated from
Takila (Ancient God) and now located 35(km) away from Rawalpindi (Pakistan).
The
site includes numerous related buildings, fortifications, settlements and
monasteries, and shows architectural influences for the length of its role as a
Buddhist training center, between the 5th century BC through the 2nd century
AD. The capital was conquered by several groups, including Alexander the Great
in the 4th century BC and destroyed by Huns. Taxila is known from references in
Indian and Greco-Roman literary sources and from the accounts of two Chinese
Buddhist pilgrims, Faxian
and Xuanzang.
Literally meaning “City of Cut Stone” or “Rock of Taksha,” Takshashila
(rendered by Greek writers as Taxila) was founded, according to the Indian epic
Ramayana,
by Bharata,
younger brother of Rama, an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. The city was
named for Bharata’s son Taksha, its first ruler.
The great Indian epic Mahabharata
was, according to tradition, first recited at Taxila at the great snake
sacrifice of King Janamejaya, one of the heroes of the story. Buddhist mention
it as Center of Gandhara during rule of King Darius I.
The structural remains at Taxila include the Bhir mound
area, the palace area at Sirkap, the Jandial and Pippala temples, the Giri
fortress, the Mohra Moradu and Jaulian monasteries, and the Dharmarajika,
Bhallar, and Kunala stupas (burial mounds).
This ancient city remains stand like a Hero and wants to say
come and see me; I am the mother of nations. Many visitors came for trekking in Pakistan must visit this place.
