Taxila made new discoveries

 Archaeologists have uncovered antiques that appear to belong to the ancient Buddhist site Bhir Mound, also known as the first city of Taxila valley civilization, which was abandoned by Bactrian Greeks who were the city's final residents between the first and second centuries BC.

Potsherds and other terracotta were discovered by chance during the construction of an outside wall for the multifunctional theatre at the archaeological museum Taxila complex, which is now under development.


The department of archaeology and museums, on the other hand, neglected to conduct a salvage operation before approving the construction of the amphitheater on the location where ancient Gandhara civilization remnants are still buried. The auditorium is being built at a cost of Rs25 million and is scheduled to be completed this fiscal year.

Mohammad Iqbal Manj, deputy head of the department of archaeology and museums, verified the finding of potsherds and other terracotta artifacts to Dawn. He said that shattered fragments of pottery and bowls in good condition were discovered by chance.

He stated quickly after the discoveries of terra cotta the branch suspended the development paintings and secured the area. Subsequently, a four-member excavation crew changed into shaped via way of means of the director standard of the branch, Ilyas Gill, led via way of means of famed archaeologist Mohammad Hassan Khokhar who served because of the curator, archaeological museum Harappa for nearly a decade.
He stated the crew could similarly make excavations and perform salvage operations to probe any similar discovery. Responding to a question, he stated the invention changed into “proof of the presence of antiquities” on the precise area withinside the museum compound.

The group chief of the archaeologists, Muhammad Hassan Khokhar, informed Dawn that the invention of terra cotta become proof of human settlements withinside the historical site. He stated he become positive approximately a few major, amazing and extraordinary discoveries in the region after locating the 2 terra cotta bowls which can be in general utilized by priests for palms. He stated preliminary research of those discoveries confirmed that they belonged to the later age of the primary town of Taxila and dated lower back to the second one century AD.

The first city in Taxila turned into located withinside the Hathial mound withinside the southwest nook of the Sirkap web website online. It lasted from the past due 2d millennium BC till the Achaemenid length, with the Achaemenid length staying positioned in its mound.

The Bhir Mound web website online represents the second town of Taxila, starting withinside the pre-Achaemenid length and lasting until the early Hellenistic length. Bhir Mound, alongside numerous others close by excavations, bureaucracy a part of the Ruins of Taxila inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1980.

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