The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c14.5

c14.5

Nor is there any doubt as to the position of Taxila, the great city from which Alexander started on his march to the Hydaspes. Although Cunningham's description of the remains of the city is in many respects inadequate, his identification of the ruins at and near Shāhdhērī with the site of Taxila is certainly correct. The ruins, which are mere mounds scattered through the fields, are situated about 20 miles to the north-west of Rāwalpindi, and about 9 miles to the south-east of Hasan Abdāl village.¹