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Sirsukh is the name of an archaeological
Archaeology

Archaeology, archeology, or arch?ology is the science that studies Homo cultures through the recovery, documentation, analysis, and interpretation of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, Artifact , features, Biofact s, and cultural landscape....
 site near the city of Taxila
Taxila

Taxila is an important archaeological site in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It dates back to the Ancient Indian period and contains the ruins of the Gandhara city of Takshashila an important Vedanta/Hinduism and Buddhist centre of learning from the 6th century BCE...
, Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)

The Punjab...
, Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
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city of Sirsukh was founded by the Kushan
Kushan Empire

The Kushan Empire of Ancient India originally formed in Bactria on either side of the middle course of the Oxus River or Syr Darya in what is now northern Afghanistan, Pakistan, southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan....
 king Kanishka
Kanishka

Kanishka was a king of the Kushan Empire in Central Asia, ruling an empire extending from Bactria to large parts of India in the 2nd century of the common era, famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements....
 after 80 CE. The invaders decided to abandon the older city of Sirkap
Sirkap

Sirkap is the name of an archaeology site on the bank opposite to the city of Taxila, Punjab , Pakistan.The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I of Bactria after he invaded India around 180 BCE....
 and build a newer city on the other side of the Lundi nala . The wall of the city is about 5 kilometers long and about 5.4 meters thick. The city wall covers an area of around 2300 x 1000 meters seen along the east-west direction.






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Sirsukh is the name of an archaeological
Archaeology

Archaeology, archeology, or arch?ology is the science that studies Homo cultures through the recovery, documentation, analysis, and interpretation of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, Artifact , features, Biofact s, and cultural landscape....
 site near the city of Taxila
Taxila

Taxila is an important archaeological site in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It dates back to the Ancient Indian period and contains the ruins of the Gandhara city of Takshashila an important Vedanta/Hinduism and Buddhist centre of learning from the 6th century BCE...
, Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)

The Punjab...
, Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
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The City

The city of Sirsukh was founded by the Kushan
Kushan Empire

The Kushan Empire of Ancient India originally formed in Bactria on either side of the middle course of the Oxus River or Syr Darya in what is now northern Afghanistan, Pakistan, southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan....
 king Kanishka
Kanishka

Kanishka was a king of the Kushan Empire in Central Asia, ruling an empire extending from Bactria to large parts of India in the 2nd century of the common era, famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements....
 after 80 CE. The invaders decided to abandon the older city of Sirkap
Sirkap

Sirkap is the name of an archaeology site on the bank opposite to the city of Taxila, Punjab , Pakistan.The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I of Bactria after he invaded India around 180 BCE....
 and build a newer city on the other side of the Lundi nala . The wall of the city is about 5 kilometers long and about 5.4 meters thick. The city wall covers an area of around 2300 x 1000 meters seen along the east-west direction. Sirsukh was left uninhabited when the White Huns invaded the Punjab
Punjab region

Punjab , also Panjab , is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. The "Five Rivers" are Beas River, Ravi River, Sutlej, Chenab and Jhelum River; all these are tributaries of the Indus river, Jhelum being the biggest one....
 at the end of the fifth century CE. To the north-east of the city flows the Harro river whereas to the south the Lundi-ravine is present.

The ancient city was excavated only on a very small scale in 1915-16 CE. It was included in the World Heritage List of the UNO in 1980 as part of Taxila.

The Wall


The wall of the city is made of large stone bricks with smaller stone bricks in-between the larger ones. It is remarkably smooth on the outer side. Circular bastions are present in the wall at small distances for defence. These bastions contain holes for archers who could shoot arrows at the enemy outside.

See also

  • Bhir Mound
    Bhir Mound

    The Bhir Mound is the oldest of the ruins of Taxila in the Punjab province of Pakistan....
  • Jaulian
    Jaulian

    Jaulian are the ruins of an ancient buddhistic monastery near Taxila, Punjab , Pakistan....
  • Mohra Muradu
    Mohra Muradu

    Mohra Muradu is the place of ancient buddhistic stupa and monastery near the ruins of Taxila, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The ancient monastery is located in a valley and offers a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains....
  • Sirkap
    Sirkap

    Sirkap is the name of an archaeology site on the bank opposite to the city of Taxila, Punjab , Pakistan.The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I of Bactria after he invaded India around 180 BCE....
  • Taxila
    Taxila

    Taxila is an important archaeological site in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It dates back to the Ancient Indian period and contains the ruins of the Gandhara city of Takshashila an important Vedanta/Hinduism and Buddhist centre of learning from the 6th century BCE...
  • Taxila under the Achaemenids
  • Taxila Tehsil
    Taxila Tehsil

    Taxila Tehsil, head-quartered at Taxila, is one of the seven Tehsils of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan....
  • Ancient Universities of Pakistan
    Ancient Universities of Pakistan

    Pakistan had the following ancient universities and there are still ruins present in ancient sites in the country for tourists.# Taxila, near Islamabad, Pakistan ...