{"slug": "taxila", "label": "Taxila", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxila", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156093", "qid": "Q156093", "description": "archaeological site of the ancient Indian subcontinent, at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-325, 406], "span_label": ["326 BCE", "406 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Taxila (ancient)"], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sindh", "label": "Sindh", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gujarat", "label": "Gujarat", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "punjab-pakistan", "label": "Punjab, Pakistan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "faxian", "label": "Faxian", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-the-great", "label": "Alexander the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "indus-river", "label": "Indus River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kushan-empire", "label": "Kushan Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -325, "year_label": "326 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Alexander the Great crosses the Indus near Attock and enters ancient Taxila, whose ruler, Taxiles (or Ambhi), furnishes 130 war elephants and troops in return for aid against his rival Porus, who rules the lands between the Hydaspes (modern Jhelum River) and the Acesines (modern Chenab River).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1279205798#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "326 BC", "revid": 1279205798, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": -179, "year_label": "180 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Apollodotus I, a general with Demetrius I of Bactria, becomes king of the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, from Taxila in Punjab to the areas of Sindh and possibly Gujarat. He maintains his allegiance to Demetrius I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100368#Bactria", "title": "180 BC", "revid": 1266100368, "section": "Events › By place › Bactria"}}, {"year": -159, "year_label": "160 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Apollodotus I, Indo-Greek king who, since 180 BC, has ruled the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, from Taxila in Punjab to the areas of Sindh and possibly Gujarat", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100355#Deaths", "title": "160 BC", "revid": 1266100355, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 18, "year_label": "18 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "In India, the Indo-Parthians control Taxila.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371078816#India", "title": "10s", "revid": 1371078816, "section": "Events › 18 AD › India"}}, {"year": 64, "year_label": "64 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Kushan sack the ancient town of Taxila (in modern-day Pakistan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339212432#Asia", "title": "AD 64", "revid": 1339212432, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 406, "year_label": "406 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Faxian, Chinese traveler, arrives in India. He visits the major seats of Buddhist learning (Udyana, Peshawar, and Taxila).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305888876#Asia", "title": "406", "revid": 1305888876, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}