Wah Cantt

Worth seeing in and around Wah Cantt

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Taxila

   Taxila, historically known as Takṣaśilā, is a city and a World Heritage Site in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab, Pakistan. Founded around c. 1000 BC, it is one of the oldest cities in South Asia, and has a population of over 136,900 as of 2023.

   4.4 km · archaeological site of the ancient Indian subcontinent, at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Sirkap

   Sirkap is the name of an archaeological site on the bank opposite to the city of Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.

   7.4 km · archaeological site near Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dharmarajika Stupa

   The Dharmarajika Stupa, also referred to as the Great Stupa of Taxila, is a Buddhist stupa near Taxila, Pakistan. It was built over the relics of the Buddha by Ashoka, the Emperor of Magadha, in the 3rd century BCE. The stupa, along with the large monastic complex that later developed around it, forms part of the Ruins of Taxila - which were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

   8.8 km · archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Taxila Museum

   Taxila Museum is located at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. The museum is home to a significant and comprehensive collection of Gandharan art dating from the 1st to the 7th centuries CE. Most objects in the collection were excavated from the ruins of ancient Taxila.

   6.7 km · museum in Taxila, Pakistan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   University of Ancient Taxila

   The ancient city of Taxila in northwestern Punjab, Pakistan has been noted by a number of scholars to have acted as a centre of education in the religious and secular topics, conventionally called university of ancient Taxila, both as a famed seat of Sanskrit and Vedic learning, and in the early centuries CE, as a prominent centre of Buddhist scholarship as well.

   4.4 km · it was a renowned ancient university in the city of Taxila, then capital of the Achaemenid territories in northwestern ancient Indian subcontinent following the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley around 515 BCE · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Jandial

   Jandial near the city of Taxila in Pakistan is the site of an ancient temple well known for its Ionic columns. The temple is located 630 meters north of the northern gate of Sirkap.

   7.2 km · archaeological site in Pakistan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Gurdwara Panja Sahib

   Gurdwara Panja Sahib is a gurdwara located in Hasan Abdal, Punjab, Pakistan. It is one of the most important sites for the Sikhs, as the handprint of Guru Nanak—the founder of Sikhism—is believed to be imprinted on a boulder at the gurdwara.

   7.9 km · gurdwara in Pakistan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bhir Mound

   The Bhir Mound is an archaeological site in Taxila in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It contains some of the oldest ruins of Ancient Taxila, dated to sometime around the period 800–525 BC as its earliest layers bear "grooved" Red Burnished Ware, the Bhir Mound, along with several other nearby excavations, form part of the Ruins of Taxila – inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

   7.2 km · archaeological Site in Taxila, Pakistan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Sirsukh

   Sirsukh is an ancient city that forms part of the ruins at Taxila, near the modern day city of Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. City The city of Sirsukh is said to have been founded during the Kushan era after 80 CE, and is the last of the great ancient cities of Taxila.

   9 km · ruins of ancient city, at Taxila · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Kunala Stupa

    Kunala Stupa is a Kushan-era Jain stupa and monastery complex to the south-east of Taxila, on a hill about 200 meters just south of Sirkap, Punjab, Pakistan, thought to date to the 2nd century CE. It is located on a hill overlooking the ancient Indo-Greek city of Sirkap. Emperor Samprati built a Jaina temple known as "Kunala Stupa" in honor of his father Kunala.

    7.6 km · kushan-era Buddhist stupa and monastery in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wah Cantt

Airports

Islamabad (ISB), 26 km · Bacha Khan (PEW), 117 km · Srinagar (SXR), 188 km

Stations

Wah railway station, 5.3 km · Hasan Abdal railway station, 7.8 km · Taxila Cantonment railway station, 6.7 km · Wah Cantonment railway station, 4.1 km · Budho railway station, 3 km

• Peshawar → Wah Cantt

  111 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · ₨1,030–1,370
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• Sialkot → Wah Cantt

  218 km · quickest by road, 4h 40m · ₨1,950–2,600
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• Faisalabad → Wah Cantt

  264 km · quickest by road, 5h 5m · ₨2,540–3,390
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