The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c17.2
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c17.2
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c17.2
THE universities of India were not, however, a creation of the Gupta period. Even as far back as the time of Buddha, Taksha-silâ, the capital of Gandhâra—now a heap of ruins near Rawalpindi—was a famous seat of Indo-Aryan learning. Chânakya, the famous Brahman statesman who was Chandragupta Maurya's War Minister and most trusted counsellor, and Pânini, the great Sanskrit grammarian, graduated there.