Taxila

Taxila skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1980 som kulturarv i Pakistan. Platsen hör till regionen Asia and the Pacific.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 1980.

UNESCOFrom the ancient Neolithic tumulus of Saraikala to the ramparts of Sirkap (2nd century B.C.) and the city of Sirsukh (1st century A.D.), Taxila illustrates the different stages in the development of a city on the Indus that was alternately 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.