In Sri Lanka, Sunethradevi Pirivena, a centre of Buddhist Kanchipuram, in Tamil Nadu, Manyakheta, in Karnataka, Puspagiri, in Orissa and The Arab raids), Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh (8th century to modern times), Pakistan Administered Kashmir, Valabhi, in Gujarat (from the Maitrak period to In Bangladesh (from the Gupta period to the Muslim conquest), Jagaddala, inīengal (from the Pala period to the Muslim conquest), Nagarjunakonda, in AndhraPradesh, Vikramaśīla, in Bihar (circa 800-1040), Sharada Peeth, in modern day Pakistan from the 7th century BCE to 460 CE, and in Sharada Peeth, in Pakistanįurther centers include Odantapuri, in Bihar (circa 550 - 1040), Somapura, now The ancientĬenters of higher learning of Gandhara were located at Taxila, near Islamabad, Nalanda was established in the 5th century AD in Bihar, India. Lore, were taught, in addition to its law school, medical school, and school of The Eighteen Arts, which included skills such as archery, hunting, and elephant Generally, a student entered Takshashila at the age of sixteen. Chanakya (or Kautilya), the MauryaĮmperor Chandragupta and the Ayurvedic healer Charaka studied at Taxila. Have been composed in Takshashila itself. The famous treatiseĪrthashastra (Sanskrit for The knowledge of Economics) by Chanakya, is said to Known because of its association with Chanakya. It became a noted centre of learning at least several centuries before Christ,Īnd continued to attract students from around the old world until theĭestruction of the city in the 5th century CE. Takshashila is described in some detail in later Jātaka tales, written in SriLanka around the 5th century CE. Some scholars date Takshashila's existence back References which were only fixed a millennium later, it may have dated back toĪt least the 5th century BCE. Takshashila was an early Buddhist centre of learning. The institution is very significant inīuddhist tradition since it is believed that the Mahāyāna sect of Buddhism took Takshashila was the seat of Vedic learning, but also because the strategist,Ĭhanakya, who later helped consolidate the empire of Emperor ChandraguptaMaurya, was a senior teacher there. The former do so not only because, in its time, '' Takshashila is considered a place of religious and historical sanctity by Hiuen Tsiang the country was a dependency of Kashmir Later they were supersededīy the Sakas, who ruled at Taxila with the title of Satrap. The invasion of Demetrius in 195 B.C.īrought the Punjab under the Graeco-Bactrian kings. With inhabitants and very fertile and Pliny speaks of it as a famous city
Indus and the Hydaspes Strabo adds that the neighbouring country was crowded Was described by Arrian as a flourishing city, the greatest indeed between the At the time of Alexander's invasion Taxila Of the ancient city has been identified to be in the ruins of Shahdheri in the Known as Taxila by the Greek historians, the location Or the greater part of the area between the Indus and the Jhelum seems to haveīelonged to a Turanian race called Takkas or Takshakas, who gave their name to
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