Taxila or Takshashila is a city in Punjab, Pakistan which is situated near the ancient city of the same name.

Taxila or Takshashila may also refer to:

Places Taxila Tehsil, a tehsil (sub-district) of Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan with its administrative centre in Taxila Taxila Cantonment, a military cantonment adjacent to Taxila Taxila Cantonment Junction railway station Taxila Museum, a museum in Taxila dedicated to objects from ancient Taxila Taxila Christian Hospital, an eye hospital in Taxila University of ancient Taxila, a centre of learning in ancient Taxila Takshashila Complex, education complex in Surat, Gujarat, India; site of a 2019 fire disaster

Other uses Taxila copper plate, 1st-century BC Indo-Scythian inscription from Taxila Taxila (butterfly), a butterfly genus Thakshashila, a 1995 Indian film Taxiles, king of Taxila during the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great

See also