Taxila Museum
ٹیکسلا عجائب گھر | |
 Taxila Museum Entrance | |
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| Established | 1918 |
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| Location | Shahpur Rd, Bhir Mound City Walls, Taxila, Rawalpindi, Punjab |
| Coordinates | 33°44′45″N 72°49′07″E / 33.7459°N 72.8186°E |
| Type | Archaeological and historical |
| Website | Official website |
Taxila Museum (
There are many historical sites nearby the museum. The ancient stupas and others ruins are nearby it. [1]
Introduction
Taxila Museum is situated in Taxila a tehsil of
History
Construction of Taxila museum started in 1918, its foundation stone laid by
Collection and displays
There are some 4000 objects displayed, including stone, stucco, terracotta, silver, gold, iron and semiprecious stones. Mainly the display consists of objects from the period 600 B.C to 500 AD.
Gandharan art
Taxila Museum has one of the most significant and comprehensive collections of stone Buddhist sculpture from the first to the seventh centuries in Pakistan (known as Gandharan art. The core of the collection comes from excavated sites in the Taxila Valley, particularly the excavations of Sir John Marshall. Other objects come from excavated sites elsewhere in Gandhanra, from donations such as the Ram Das Collection, or from material confiscated by the police and custom authorities. The whole collection contains more than 1400 objects, and 409 have been published[2]
Numismatic collection
The Taxila Museum is a site museum and is the repository for the majority of the numismatic material found during archaeological work in Taxila. Digging began in 1917 under John Marshall, then director of the Archaeological Survey of India, and continued until 1934. Since those excavations, work has continued to the present day. The museum contains a large collection of coins from the period of the
See also
- List of World Heritage Sites in Pakistan
- List of museums in Pakistan
- Taxila Museum article on the Pakistani government heritage site
- Taxila Museum article on the government tourism site
Notes
References
- Khan, G R (2007) "Kanishka Coins from Taxila" in Gandharan Studies Vol.1: 119ff
- Khan, G R (2008) "Gold Coins in the Cabinet of Taxila Museum, Taxila" in Gandharan Studies Vol.2: 39-61
- Khan, G R (2009) "Huvishka Coins from Taxila", Gandharan Studies, Vol. III, Peshawar, pp. 75–125.
- Khan, G R (2010) "Copper Coins of Vasudeva and His Successors from Taxila", Gandharan Studies Vol. IV, Peshawar, pp. 139–261.
- Khan, M A (2005) A Catalogue of the Gandhara Stone Sculptures in the Taxila Museum, 2 Volumes
- Marshall, J H (1951) Taxila: An Illustrated Account of Archaeological Excavations Carried out at Taxila under the Orders of the Government of India between the years 1917 and 1934. 3 Volumes. Cambridge University Press.
- Marshall, S.J. (2007) A Guide to Taxila, Karachi, 2007 (Rep.).
- Walsh, E.H.C. (1939) Punch – Marked Coins from Taxila, Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 59, Delhi.
- sohaib Afzal, (2017)