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The university of ancient Taxila (ISO: Takṣaśilā Viśvavidyālaya) was a center of the Gurukula system of Brahmanical education in Taxila, Gandhara, in present-day Punjab, Pakistan, near the bank of the Indus River. It was established as a centre of education in religious and secular topics.
Ruins of University of Taxila. Takshashila is described in some detail in later Jātaka tales, written in Sri Lanka around the fifth century AD. [3] It became a noted centre of learning at least several centuries BC, and continued to attract students until the destruction of the city in the fifth century AD.
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Taxila was founded in a strategic location along the ancient "Royal Highway" that connected the Mauryan capital at Pataliputra in Bihar, with ancient Peshawar, Puṣkalāvatī, and onwards towards Central Asia via Kashmir, Bactria, and Kāpiśa. [43] Taxila thus changed hands many times over the centuries, with many empires vying for its control.
Dharmarajika Stupa is the largest of all stupas in the Taxila region, [2] Surrounding the main mound is a passageway for pradakshina — the ancient practice of walking around a holy site. The stupa's large anda , or hemispherical mound, is damaged − though the plinth of the mound, known as the medhi , is still largely intact. [ 10 ]
Ancient Egyptians established an organization of higher learning – the Per-ankh, which means the "House of Life" – in 2000 BCE. [3] [4]In the third century BCE, amid the Ptolemaic dynasty, the Serapeum, Mouseion, and Library of Alexandria served as organizations of higher learning in Alexandria.
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Jaulian (Urdu: جولیاں; meaning Seat of Saints [1]) is a ruined Buddhist monastery dating from the 2nd century CE, [2] located in Taxila, in Pakistan. [3]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.