Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c3.s3.t2.55
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c3.s3.t2.55
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c3.s3.t2.55
The fame of Gandhāra, during this period, rested on its capital Takkasilā which was a great centre of learning and a resort of students from all parts of India⁵. Uddālaka and his son Śvetaketu, the two great celebrities of the Upaniṣads, are represented in the Uddālaka Jātaka⁶ and the Setaketu Jātaka⁷ respectively, as having studied at Takkasilā under a world-renowned teacher.⁸