Taxila: Meaning and Definition of

Tax•i•la

Pronunciation: (tak'su-lu), [key]
— n.
  1. an archaeological site near Rawalpindi, Pakistan: ruins of three successive cities on the same site, dating from about the 7th centuryb.c.to about the 7th century a.d.;Buddhist center.
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