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title: "Have you ever heard of Takshashila University?"  
description: "A short explanation of the world's earliest university."  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-21  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2574/have-you-ever-heard-of-takshashila-university  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["history", "education", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Have you ever heard of Takshashila University?

![Have you ever heard of Takshashila University](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/68f03ed6-3464-41ec-aa72-c35a8fd4767c/images/e443cbe2-9494-4f00-a1ae-22b4f156b489.jpeg) ![Have you ever heard of Takshashila University](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/68f03ed6-3464-41ec-aa72-c35a8fd4767c/images/a3ac9ed7-df6d-4fcc-b1bd-c12ad06887c8.jpeg) Taxila's (Takshashila) ancient university was one of the world's oldest and most prestigious institutes of higher learning. ![Have you ever heard of Takshashila University](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/68f03ed6-3464-41ec-aa72-c35a8fd4767c/images/a3ac9ed7-df6d-4fcc-b1bd-c12ad06887c8.jpeg) It was located in the city of Taxila, which is now in modern-day Pakistan. ![Have you ever heard of Takshashila University](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/68f03ed6-3464-41ec-aa72-c35a8fd4767c/images/0ed267f1-a598-431f-b30b-a033ec31f28d.jpeg) Taxila is older than Nalanda. It was also a study centre for Sanskrit, India's classical language. ![Have you ever heard of Takshashila University](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/68f03ed6-3464-41ec-aa72-c35a8fd4767c/images/0ed267f1-a598-431f-b30b-a033ec31f28d.jpeg) Takshashila (Taxila) was known for its schools of medicine, law, philosophy, and religion. ![Have you ever heard of Takshashila University](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/68f03ed6-3464-41ec-aa72-c35a8fd4767c/images/e443cbe2-9494-4f00-a1ae-22b4f156b489.jpeg) It is thought to have been established around the 5th century BCE, while Nalanda was established in the 5th century CE.

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