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lady_of_clunn) wrote2011-06-24 05:23 pm
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Pakistan Picspam Part 2 - Taxila
Taxila is the place where Alexander the Great had to realise that total world domination was not going to happen. They did leave a lot of Greek culture in this ancient Bhuddist place, though :)
Taxila is such a big place with so many interesting archeological sites that it would literally take weeks to really explore it. Alas, I only had one afternoon, of which two hours of wonderful daylight was dedicated to visit yet another orange grove. Yes. Don't ask.
We did manage to visit the local museum and the excavation site of one of the oldest universities of the world.
The 'pool' in the middle of the structure was a water lily pond, all around it there were classrooms with student accommodation above. There was also an assembly hall, a kitchen and a scullery, meditation cells for the monks and their stupas = graves :)
The Orange Grove
Taxila is such a big place with so many interesting archeological sites that it would literally take weeks to really explore it. Alas, I only had one afternoon, of which two hours of wonderful daylight was dedicated to visit yet another orange grove. Yes. Don't ask.
We did manage to visit the local museum and the excavation site of one of the oldest universities of the world.
The 'pool' in the middle of the structure was a water lily pond, all around it there were classrooms with student accommodation above. There was also an assembly hall, a kitchen and a scullery, meditation cells for the monks and their stupas = graves :)
The Orange Grove