Historical City Taxila

A coin of Taxila from c. 220 – c. 185 BCE portrays a tree flanked by a hill surmounted by a crescent and a Nandipada above a swastika.
Alternate name	·         Takshashila (Sanskrit) ·         Takkasila (Pali)
Location	Rawalpindi district, Punjab Pakistan
Type	Settlement
History
Founded	c. 1000 BCE[2]
Abandoned	5th century CE
Site notes
Archaeologists	·         Alexander Cunningham (1863–64)[3] ·         John Marshall (1913–c. 1933)[4] ·         R. E. Mortimer Wheeler (1944–45)[5] ·         Muhammad Sharif (1967)[5]
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Taxila
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, vi
Designated	1980 (4th session)
Reference no.	139
Region	Southern Asia