SIRKAP
Sirkap (Western Punjabi: سر کپ) is
the name of an archaeological site on the bank opposite to the city
of Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.
The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius and
his son Stultus. after he invaded ancient India around 180 BC. Demetrius founded in
the northern and northwestern modern Pakistan an Indo-Greek kingdom that was to last until around
10 BC. Sirkap is also said to have been rebuilt by king Menander I.
The excavation of the old city was carried out under the supervision of Sir John Marshall by Hergrew from 1912-1930. In 1944 and
1945 further parts were excavated byMortimer Wheeler and his colleagues.
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