Jaulian is a ruined Buddhist monastery dating from the 2nd century CE, located in Taxila, in Pakistan. Jaulian, along with the nearby monastery at Mohra Muradu, form part of the Ruins of Taxila – a collection of excavations that were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. The monastic establishment at Jaulian comprises of the main sacred area with a central stupa and twenty-seven smaller votive stupas, and a monastery with two courtyards with monk cells and numerous chapels. The monastery at Jaulian remained one of the world’s oldest universities, which attracted students from the subcontinent and beyond, from Central and Southeast Asia as well as China. The monuments in Jaulian are highly ornamented and in a better state of preservation. Some of the finest stucco sculptures have been shifted to Taxila Museum for display including findings like fragments of a Buddhist manuscript written in Sanskrit language, Brahmi characters of 5th century and copper coins.