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Archaeology & Antiquity Pakistan Asia

🏺 Sirkap
Fortified Indo-Greek city in ancient Taxila


🕐 3 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 22:27

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Eastern Haro River near Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Founded: 2nd century BCE by Indo-Greek king Demetrius I
  • UNESCO inscription: 1980
  • Periods of occupation: Indo-Greek, Scythian, and Parthian (2nd century BCE–1st century CE)

Sirkap is a fortified city in Punjab, Pakistan that preserves remains of one of ancient Taxila's principal urban ...

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