HISTORY, LEGENDS & MYTHOLOGY

1st century Buddha relics unearthed near Taxila

     Islamabad: A group of South Korean team of archaeologists has discovered rare artefacts dating back to the early Kushan period in the 1st Century AD near the ancient city of Taxila. According to The News, archaeologists have unearthed more than 200 remains, including one Buddha stupa belonging to the Buddha civilisation in Jaulian near Taxila. The Jaulian monastery is located atop the hill some 300 feet high, about six kms northeast of the Taxila Museum. Archaeologists working on the Jaulian-II project located some 200 meters from Jaulian-I site of the Archaeology Department of Pakistan, are of the opinion that their latest find predates the ones found at Jaulian -I site and requires further attention in the study of Gandharan Buddhist monasteries in the Taxila region. The archaeologists further added that construction method of the walls of the monastery, cells and that of the main Stupa date back to the 1st and 2nd Century AD, as many as two centuries ahead of Jaulian-I, which is considered to be from the 4-5 century AD.
-Feb 24, 2005    

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