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A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools c19.18

A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools c19.18

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c19.18

Arrian, Strabo, Ptolemy, Dionysius, Pliny, Fa-Hien and Hieun-Tsang all have spoken of this place. Hieun-Tsang, who visited Taxila in the 7th century A.D. says that the royal family was extinct; that formerly it was in subjection to Kapisa and latterly was a tributary to Kashmir, and that the nobles contended for power by force. After the 9th century we hear no more of Taxila.¹