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University of Ancient Taxila

The university of ancient Taxila was a center of Sanskrit and Vedic learning (gurukula) in Taxila, South Asia, Now in present-day Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a centre of education in religious and secular topics. It started as a Vedic seat of learning and in the early centuries CE it became a prominent centre of Buddhist scholarship as well.

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