The Ancient University of Taxila, India ::
The ancient University of Taxila was an university being situated in the city of Taxila (Sanskrit: तक्षशिला) (in the then Gandhara, North-Western India) near the very bank of the River Indus (Sindhu River). According to the great Indian Mythology Ramayana, the city of Takṣaśilā was founded by Bharat, the son of Kaikeyi and the younger stepbrother of Prince Ram. Along with the University of Nalanda (todays Bihar, India), Taxila was one of the greatest seat of higher learning in ancient India and probably one of the oldest University in the World. The highly systematic Vedic model of learning and teaching did help to establish large institutions such as Nalanda, Taxila and Vikramashila in ancient and Dharmik India. These universities not only did teach Vedic texts and the rituals but also the different theoretical disciplines related with the various aspects or the sciences of the Vedas, which included faculties such as linguistics, law, astronomy and reasoning. Taxila university was instrumental in sowing nationalistic sentiments in the Indian sub-continent region against the relentless foreign invasions in the Indian sub-continent. The great Scholar and Politician Chanakya (Kautilya) was one of the most stalwart alumnus of the University and led the foundation of the Greatest Historical Land-Empire in the Indian-Subcontinent. The Great Sanskrit Grammarian Panini (5th Century BCE) is believed to have been a Teacher at Taxila. Charaka, the Indian "father of medicine" and one of the leading authorities in Ayurveda, is also said to have studied at Taxila, and practiced there. Kumāralāta, the founder of Sautrāntika school was also an excellent teacher at Taxila university and attracted students from as far as China. The role of Taxila university as a center of knowledge continued under the Maurya Empire and Indo-Greek rule in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. (Credit: University_of_ancient_Taxila, Wiki)
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