{"id":253,"date":"2020-08-27T10:08:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/staging\/?destination=taxila-archeological-museum"},"modified":"2024-06-06T01:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:37:50","slug":"taxila-archeological-museum","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/destination\/taxila-archeological-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxila Archeological Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.mapbox.com\/styles\/v1\/visitsilkroad\/clvl3cel701dq01phev10aq9m\/static\/pin-s+ff0000(72.8192987,33.746353)\/72.8192987,33.746353,12.5,0\/725x300?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidmlzaXRzaWxrcm9hZCIsImEiOiJjbHV2YWEzbDMwMWRvMmpvYXd1NzRkNDcwIn0.iA4-BEz1MfIrSQRk3uxVkw\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting There<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Taxila Museum is situated in Taxila a tehsil of\u00a0Rawalpindi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taxila can be reached from Lahore and Rawalpindi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Expect<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>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. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain religion are well represented through these objects discovered from three ancient cities and more than two dozen Buddhist stupas and monasteries and Greek temples in region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Gandharan Art<\/li><li>Numismatic Collection<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"pixels-photo\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/photo\/1014659536\/Taxila-Museum--by-Nasir-Khan-Alladand-Alladand\" alt=\"Taxila Museum.  by Nasir Khan Alladand Alladand on 500px.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drscdn.500px.org\/photo\/1014659536\/m%3D900\/v2?sig=8217d9081b526dc51b71070d613e361876e808b0d28ca51840dfd10bf0f45355\" alt=\"Taxila Museum.  by Nasir Khan Alladand Alladand on 500px.com\">\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"pixels-photo\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/photo\/1021966169\/Bodhisattva--by-nasiraladand\" alt=\"Bodhisattva  by nasiraladand on 500px.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drscdn.500px.org\/photo\/1021966169\/m%3D900\/v2?sig=d9696ac1f7d2ded094f5aaeb33d3b9b1222c9bbf1dc9b405d672b750d8ff9a02\" alt=\"Bodhisattva  by nasiraladand on 500px.com\">\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facilities Available<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tour Guides<\/li><li>TUK Shop for the tourists<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction of Taxila museum started in 1918, its foundation stone laid by Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India in 1918. Construction was concluded in 1928 and the museum was opened for public by Sir Muhammad Habibullah then the Minister for Education. Sir John Marshall who was going to be retired from the post of Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1928, could not complete its original plan. 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