taxila

SirKap Taxila is the only Greek city in the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent from the Greco-Bactrian times. Taxila city, which is synonymous with Sirkap Taxila, has been mentioned by Greek philosopher Apollonius of Tyana of the 1st Century AD as resembling Athens and Nineveh (a Greek colony in present-day Iraq). Even a Chinese traveler of early times…

We drove to Taxila town, which was the Mecca of Buddhism in the 2nd century BC. Jaulian monastery (2nd Century – 450 AD) like many other Buddhist retreats in the area is perched on top of a small hill, a short distance from Taxila. I guess Buddhist monks needed some peace of mind to meditate;…