Talk:University of ancient Taxila

Dates do not match

We know that Jīvaka was personal physician (Sanskrit: vaidya) of the Buddha and the Indian King Bimbisāra. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%ABvaka

So by the 5th or 6th century University of Ancient Taxila was already famous around the world. So the conjecture that University of Ancient Taxila was established in 515 is incorrect.

The sanskritimagazine (https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/history/takshashila-the-worlds-first-and-oldest-university/) asserts that taxila university was established 700 BCE.

"University of Ancient Taxila was a renowned ancient university in the city of Taxila, then capital of the Achaemenid territories in northwestern ancient Indian subcontinent following the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley around 515 BCE. "

This section seems problematic

"The Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley made Taxila a part of the Achaemenid Empire. When the muslim concurred the university they destroyed all the written and preserved papers which were literally pride of Indian Hindu and Buddhist comunity. The uncultured muslim leaders never really understand the value of Hindu and Buddhist culture, as their one god system doesn't fit with Hindu pluralistic or Buddhist dharma they destroyed all the good vibes of true peaceful dharma i.e. Hinduism, Buddhism."

This seems problematic. Can someone who is knowledgeable of this subject please revise? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.65.113.181 (talk) 18:22, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

"Different sources"

@Daauyush: you removed sourced info diff. edit-summary It's better to remove both one as we both have different sources. Just ancient University. You did this after I corrected diff your asserion diff that Taxila was a Brahmanical university. The quote from Kulke and Rothermond is pretty straightforward: "In the early centuries the centre of Buddhist scholarship was the University of Taxila." Frazier and Flood state that "the highly formalized methods of Vedic learning helped to inspire the formation of large teaching centres - effectively India's first universities. Taxila, Nalanda and Vikramasila are the most famous among these." They do not state that Taxila was a Brahmanical University, though the association is quite obvious, of course. In that case, additional sources are needed. It's typical, though, that Marshall says that the oldest remains are to be dated to the 6th century BCE; this conflicts with the Buddhist stories of Taxila as a center of education in the Buddha's days, as he is to be placed in the 5th century. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:53, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Grammar comment

"... Persian conquests due it's geographical position ..." first paragraph after University header, should be: "... Persian conquests due to its geographical position ..." DaveOberlin (talk) 16:40, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Don't add mythological tales

Don't add mythological tales like "According to the Ramayana, the city was founded by Bharata, the son of Kaikeyi, and younger half brother of Lord Rama. Bharata then assigned his son Taksha to rule the city. " Witchilich (talk) 14:05, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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