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It was not a university in the modern sense, in that the teachers living there may not have had official membership of particular colleges, [10] [11] [12] in contrast to the later Nalanda university in Bihar. [12] [13] [14] The destruction by Toramana in the 5th century CE seem to have put an end to the activities of Taxila as a centre of ...
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.
Taxila's university remained in existence during the travels of Chinese pilgrim Faxian, who visited Taxila around 400 CE. [52] He wrote that Taxila's name translated as "the Severed Head", and was the site of a story in the life of Buddha "where he gave his head to a man".
The Bhir Mound (Urdu: بھڑ ماونڈ) is an archaeological site in Taxila in the Punjab province of Pakistan.It contains some of the oldest ruins of Ancient Taxila, dated to sometime around the period 800–525 BC as its earliest layers bear "grooved" Red Burnished Ware, [1] the Bhir Mound, along with several other nearby excavations, form part of the Ruins of Taxila – inscribed as a ...
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.
Nalanda, ancient center of higher learning in Bihar, India [7] [8] from 427 to 1197. Nalanda was established in the fifth century CE in Bihar, India, [7] and survived until circa 1200 CE.
In mid-19th century British India, ancient Taxila's ruins were rediscovered by British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham. In 1980, UNESCO designated Taxila as a World Heritage Site. [8] By some accounts, the University of ancient Taxila is considered to be one of the earliest universities in the world.
HITEC University is a private university located in Taxila Cantonment, Punjab, Pakistan. Taxila , a historic seat of learning and an important archaeological site, is about 30 km north-west of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.