LITERARY HERITAGE OF INDIA. — Social Science STD 10 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceLITERARY HERITAGE OF INDIA.3 Marks
Question
Write a note on Takshashila Vidyapith.
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Answer
Takshashila was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Gandhar. Takshashila University was located near Rawalpindi in the present day Pakistan.
According to a belief this university was named after Taksha' Bharat's $($Lord Rama's brother$)$ son.
It was a renowned centre of education in the seventh century where education was imparted in $64$ subjects.
The teacher - student ratio was $1:20$ and admitted students from all over India.
Jivak, the disciple of Lord Buddha had studied Ayurveda at Takshashila. Among the other famous students were Prasenjit, the king of Kaushal, great grammarian Panini, Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya.
Important among the subjects taught were Vedas, military science, philosophy, Ayurveda, grammar, astronomy, archery and Gaj Vidya. The students had freedom to select subjects of their choice.
The Chinese scholar Fa-Hien had visited this University at the beginning of the fifth century $AD.$
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