Bhir Mound

The Bhir Mound is an archaeological site in Taxila in the Punjab province of Pakistan [1]. The Bhir Mound archaeological remains represent one stage of the historic city of Taxila [1]. The earliest occupation on the Bhir mound began around 800–525 BC, and what now appears to be the second phase might date to the late 6th and 5th centuries BC, as originally suggested by Marshall [1]. The ruins of the town form an irregular shape measuring around 1 km from north to south and about 600 meters from east to west [1]. The streets of the city show that they were narrow and the house plans were very irregular [1]. There is little evidence of planning – most of the streets are very haphazard [1]. The Bhir Mound coin hoard has revealed numerous Achaemenid coins as well as several Greek coins from the 5th and 4th centuries BC which circulated in the area, at least as far as the Indus during the reign of the Achaemenids [1]. Coins of Philip III and Alexander the Great were also found in Bhir Mound [1].