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Taxila was founded in a strategic location along the ancient "Royal Highway" that connected the Mauryan capital at Pataliputra in Bihar, with ancient Peshawar, Puṣkalāvatī, and onwards towards Central Asia via Kashmir, Bactria, and Kāpiśa. [43] Taxila thus changed hands many times over the centuries, with many empires vying for its control.
Public housing was first initiated in the 1950s by the government in the form of mass resettlement programmes for the residents of Kampong Ayer, the stilt settlement on the Brunei River. [ 3] In that decade there were cholera and smallpox epidemics which greatly affected the residents; at that time more residents settled along the banks than ...
The Wah Cantonment ( Punjabi: واہ چھاونی; Urdu: واہ کینٹ) (often abbreviated to Wah Cantt) is a military base in Wah, Pakistan. It is a part of the Taxila Tehsil of the Rawalpindi District, Pakistan. It is the 24th most populous city in Pakistan by population. [ 2] The municipality is located 30 km (19 mi) northwest of the ...
Altgeld Gardens Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, on the border of Chicago and Riverdale, Illinois. The residents are 97% African-American according to the 2000 United States Census. [ 1] Built between 1944 and 1945 with 1,498 units, the development ...
Taxila Museum ( Punjabi, Urdu: ٹیکسلا عجائب گھر) 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 . There are many historical sites ...
This is a list of public housing estates in Brunei.The list consists of housing estates under the current government housing programmes of the National Housing Scheme (Malay: Rancangan Perumahan Negara), including the Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme (Malay: Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati), as well as the former National Resettlement Scheme (Malay: Rancangan Perpindahan Negara).
The Bhir Mound (Urdu: بھڑ ماونڈ) 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 ...
Horror film fans can now live out their wildest dreams as the Poltergeist home has hit the market! The 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom home is being sold by Lauren Murdock with Equity Union, and was listed ...