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Dharmarajika stupa, Taxila

A stupa with lost upper fabric and evidence of earlier intrusive digging for relics.

Taxila · Punjab

LAST DOCUMENTED CONDITION

Archaeological remains

As documented: 2026-09-28
LOCATION PRECISION

Approximate locality

33.7300°, 72.7800° · not a surveyed footprint

How to read this history

AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.

The recorded chronology

Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.

  1. Looting · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗

    Before the 1913 AD excavation · exact date unresolved

    Excavation accounts describe earlier looting trenches and damage to the stupa.

    eventAttributed · further checking needed

    Excavation accounts describe earlier looting trenches and damage to the stupa.

    The entry does not assign undated looting to the Huns merely because the article also discusses a Hun invasion.

    dateUnknown

    Before the 1913 excavation · exact date unresolved

    Exact dating remains unresolved.

    actorUnknown

    A responsible individual or organization has not been established.

    Cause and responsibility must not be inferred from a ruin alone.

    Location & last documented condition

    locationSupported in consulted sources

    Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.

    present conditionAttributed · further checking needed

    The consulted account describes archaeological remains.

    Source context

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