
Taxila Tour
The Taxila Tour is among the best one-day trips surrounding Islamabad. This one-day trip to Taxila lets you explore the ancient Buddhist civilization. You can reach this site, 43 km from Islamabad, in 40 to 45 minutes.
Taxila joined the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in 1980. An English archaeologist, Sir John Marshall, first excavated the site in 1913. Sir John Marshall worked on excavating Taxila for almost 20 years.
Texila has relics from the ancient Buddhist civilization. It also shows signs of Alexander the Great's invasion and the Greek influence that came after. Today, the main sites of the Gandhara civilization are:
- Sirkap
- Dharmarajika
- Taxila Museum
- Jaulian
- Mohra Moradu.





