The walls of Taxila in 1879, camels in the forefront. It was destroyed after the division of India and Pakistan.
Famous Educational Institution:
Takshasila: In Gandhar, was in India now in Pakistan.
This was a Prime center of Hindu learning in 6th century B.C.
It was a renounced Brahminical University.
From Veda, Upanishad, Mimansa, Logic, Nayaya Sastra (law), Philosophy, Ayurveda to Horse riding, Arms training, war training, Animals treatment training, Elephant war training, Judging a animal for its quality were taught.
Here sixteen branches of learning were taught in different schools; each presided by a special professor.
There were schools of painting, sculpture, image making and handicrafts.
But this university was reputed for its medical school too.
One famous student of this medical school was Jivaka, a courtier of Bimbasara (king’s doctor) who cured king Bimbasara of Magadha and the great Buddha. Jivaka had studied here for 7 (seven) years under the Rishi Atreya.
Chanakaya was the greatest son of this great centre, everyone knows about him.
He became a teacher of Arthasastra of this MahaVidalaya.
Chandragupta Maurya was also a student of this school.
He was the founder of Maurya Empire and was the pupil of Chanakaya; became first Maurya Emperor and conqueror of MahaPadma Nanda of Magadha Empire and Seleucus Nicator, the Roman ruler of today’s Afghanistan, Iran etc.
Punjab king Maharaja Puru who fought with Alexander and Taxila king Ambhi were also the student of this school.
Ancient Taxila was situated at the pivotal junction of the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia.
The origin of Taxila as a city goes back to c. 1000 BC.
Alexander the Great invaded Taxila in 326 BCE, after the city was surrendered by its ruler, king Omphis. Greek historians accompanying Alexander described Taxila as “wealthy, prosperous, and well governed.”
His troops were said to have found a university in Taxila, the like of which had not been seen in Greece.
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