Name: Taxila or Takshashila ("City of Cut Stone" or "Taká¹£a Rock") Flourished: Between the 5th century BC And The 6th Century AD. Taxila was founded around 1,000 BC with some ruins dating back to the time of the Persian Achaemenid Empire (the empire that invaded Greece and fought the 300 Spartans). The Achaemenid …