Sirsukh

Sirsukh is an ancient city that forms part of the ruins at Taxila, near the modern day city of Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan [1]. 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 [1]. The wall of the city is about 5 kilometers long and about 5.4 meters thick [1]. Sirsukh was left uninhabited when the White Huns invaded the Punjab at the end of the fifth century CE [1]. The ancient city was excavated only on a very small scale in 1915-16 CE [1]. Circular bastions are present in the wall at small distances for defence [1]. These bastions contain holes for archers who could shoot arrows at the enemy outside [1].