Taxila through time

Theme 4 · 600 to 300 BCE

Janapadas, Mahajanapadas and the second urbanisation

Capital of Gandhara: a centre of learning, trade and cross cultural contact, linking India with Central Asia and Iran

Theme 5 · 6th century BCE to 321 BCE

Persian and Greek invasions, and the rise of Magadha

Ambhi of Taxila welcomed Alexander and supplied him with troops and elephants, hoping for support against his rival Porus

Theme 7 · 324 or 321 to 187 BCE

Mauryan empire

Centre of the northern province; Ashoka served here as governor