Takshashila university

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ancient educational institution ancient university center of higher learning

Takshashila University was one of the earliest and most renowned centers of higher learning in ancient India, attracting students from across Asia to study subjects ranging from philosophy and medicine to politics and astronomy.

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instanceOf ancient educational institution ⓘ
ancient university ⓘ
center of higher learning ⓘ
associatedWith Buddhist learning ⓘ
Gandharan civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hindu learning ⓘ
attractedStudentsFrom Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of ancient Indian scholarship ⓘ
educationalModel guru–shishya tradition ⓘ
residential learning ⓘ
era ancient period ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Vedic literature ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
grammar ⓘ
law and governance ⓘ
logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
military science ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
politics ⓘ
heritageStatus part of the archaeological site of Taxila ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct ⓘ
influenced later Indian universities and monastic centers ⓘ
knownFor Vedic studies ⓘ
astronomy studies ⓘ
attracting students from across Asia ⓘ
being one of the earliest centers of higher learning ⓘ
grammar and linguistics ⓘ
logic and debate ⓘ
medicine studies ⓘ
military science studies ⓘ
multidisciplinary education ⓘ
philosophy studies ⓘ
politics studies ⓘ
languageOfInstruction Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
locatedIn Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taxila NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient India ⓘ
present-day Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInCountry Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf ancient Indian education system ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ

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ancient India → educationCenter → Takshashila university ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India