- one
million tourists every year. In
ancient times,
Taxila was
known as
Takṣaśilā in
Sanskrit (per IAST) and as Takkhasilā in Pali. The city's Sanskrit...
- The
university of
ancient Taxila (ISO:
Takṣaśilā Viśvavidyālaya) was a
center of the
Gurukula system of
Sanskrit and
Vedic learning in Taxila, Gandhara...
-
royal court of King Bimbisāra. As he grew up, Jīvaka
decided to
travel to
Takṣaśilā, to
learn traditional medicine from a well-respected teacher. He turned...
-
expanded to
include the
valley of Kaśmīra. The
capitals of Gandhāra were
Takṣaśila (Pāli: Takkasilā;
Ancient Gr****: Ταξιλα Taxila), and Puṣkalāvatī (Prakrit...
-
Vedic period, the
situation had changed, and the Gāndhārī
capital of
Takṣaśila had
become an
important centre of
knowledge where the men of Madhya-desa...
- centre. The
Vedic civilisation flourished in the
ancient Gandhāran city of
Takṣaśilā, now
Taxila in the Punjab,
which was
founded around 1000 BCE. Successive...
-
Library of
Alexandria Al-Azhar
University Madrasa Nalanda mahavihara Takṣaśilā Fatimid Great Palaces Bengoechea,
Isabella (November 10, 2016). "Cairo's...
- And India. p. 22.
According to the
Buddhist account Pukkusati, king of
Taksasila, sent an emb****y and a
letter to king
Bimbisara of
Magadha and he also...
- Pasenadi's reign, a
Mallaka named Bandhula who had
received education in
Takṣaśilā, had
offered his
services as a
general to the Kauśalya king so as to maintain...
- Chandragupta's conquests:
Avantirastra (capital: Ujjayini),
Uttarapatha (capital:
Taksasila), and
Purvapatha (capital: Pataliputra).
Chanakya later became Chandragupta's...
