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#sirkaptaxila #ghandaracivilization #travel #Pakistan Sirkap Taxila | Ghandara Civilization | 2500 Years Old Ancient City | Part-1
The ancient city of SIRKAP was once a thriving ancient metropolis, complete with streets, houses, shops and places of worship.
SIRKAP flourished under various regimes, from the Greeks to the Scythians, Parthians and finally the Kashanas, but the city lost its importance after King Kanishka of the Kushan dynastry founded the nearby city of Sirsukh.

SIRKAP means severed head, and is the name of the mythological demon that feasted on human flesh and killed the hero Rasalu, that was said to have lived on the site. SIRKAP which was founded by the Bactarian King Demetrius, who conquered the region in the 180s BCE, and was the second city of Taxila. The city was rebuilt by King Menander, and after the Bhir Mound site was abandoned SIRKAP became the main city of Taxila, in the 2nd century BC.

Immediately behind the gate was what was probably a guard’s room. A Greek visitor, whose description of Taxila was included in Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius, said the houses seemed like they were only one storey, but also had basement rooms.

Now a ruin, the city once boasted a 6 meter thick and 5 kilometer long defensive wall also made of coursed rubble.

There was a fortified acropolis or high ground within the defence perimeter, and the streets of the city were more regular than those in Bhir Mound – the first city of Taxila.
Along the North-South main street once stood temples, houses, shrines and stupas and on the east side of the street stood the shrine of the Double-Headed Eagle, the Apsidal Temple, and a palace on the South end.
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