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Taxila flourished from 600 BC to 500 AD, in the kingdom of Gandhara. Variety of subjects were taught at this university. At one stage, it had 10,500 students including those from Babylon, Greece, Syria, and China.
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Taxila flourished from 600 BC to 500 AD, in the kingdom of Gandhara. Variety of subjects were taught at this university. At one stage, it had 10,500 students including those from Babylon, Greece, Syria, and China.
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Experienced masters taught the Vedas, languages, grammar, philosophy, medicine, surgery, archery, politics, warfare, astronomy, accounts, commerce, documentation, music, dance and performing arts, futurology, the occult and mystical sciences, complex mathematical calculations.
Panini, the famous Sanskrit grammarian, Kautilya (Chanakya) and Charaka, the famous physician of ancient India, and Chandragupta Maurya were the alumnus of this university. It gained its importance again during the reign of Kanishka.
It was probably, the earliest of the ancient seats of higher education. Takshashila is perhaps best known because of its association with Chanakya. The panel of masters at the university included legendary scholars like Jivak and Vishnu Sharma.
Being near the north-west frontier of India, Takshashila had to face the brunt of attacks and invasions from the north & west. Thus Persians, Greeks, Parthians laid their destructive marks on this institution. The final blow came from the Huns who, A.D.450, razed the institution.
Takshila was considered to be amongst the earliest universities in the world and some Historians even suggest that it was the first University in the world making it the oldest university in the world.
