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2,000-year-old objects found in Pakistan's Taxila
Saturday July 02, 2011 07:07:59 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: About 200
objects dating back to the first century AD have been found during
excavations near Pakistan's ancient site of Taxila.
Taxila shows the different stages in the development of a city on
the Indus that was influenced by Persia, Greece and Central Asia
and which, from the 5th century B.C. to the 2nd century A.D., was
an important Buddhist centre of learning.
It lies 30 km northwest of Rawalpindi.
Dawn reported that a team of Taxila Institute of Asian
Civilization (TIAC) found the 200 objects during excavations at an
ancient Buddhist Stupa and monastery near Taxila.
The objects are mostly stamped pottery parts of terracota, iron
pieces and lamp.
The institute's director Mohammad Ashraf Khan noted that the site
had the potential of holding ancient treasures.
He said the first excavation at the site was carried out in
1916-17 by Sir John Marshall, the second in 2005 and then in 2006.
Khan said the history of Taxila should be rewritten in light of
the fresh discoveries.
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