Verified33.7700° N · 72.8600° E · 500 m
Mohra Moradu Monastery — Taxila Southern Annex
Kushan (300 CE)·Gandhara Buddhist·🇵🇰 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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About Mohra Moradu Monastery — Taxila Southern Annex
Mohra Moradu Monastery — Taxila Southern Annex in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kushan (300 CE) temple-complex attributed to Gandhara Buddhist. Southern annex of Mohra Moradu stupa monastery with votive stupas. Marshall Mohra Moradu monastery south extension.
Why it mattersKey Gandharan–Kushan monastery illustrating Buddhist expansion
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Gandhara art evolution
- 02Kushan imperial network
Theories
- 01Monastic economy
- 02Greco-Buddhist fusion
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 300 CE
- Period
- Kushan (300 CE)
- Culture
- Gandhara Buddhist
- Purpose
- Southern annex of Mohra Moradu stupa monastery with votive stupas
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 300 CE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
33.7700° N · 72.8600° E · 500 m · 3 mapped features
Mohra Moradu Monastery — Taxila Southern Annex — Sanctuary Court
courtCourt with votive stupas
33.7701° N · 72.8601° EMohra Moradu Monastery — Taxila Southern Annex — Monk Cells
cellsMonastic cells
33.7698° N · 72.8602° EMohra Moradu Monastery — Taxila Southern Annex — Stupa Terrace
stupaStupa platform
33.7704° N · 72.8598° E