Unknown facts about 'World's First University': Takshashila

Students paid up to 1000 coins in advance to receive education at Takshashila.



The list of subjects taught at Takshashila underwent many additions over the years, with even Greek being taught there after the Alexandrian conquests. Foreign savants were accorded as much importance as local teachers.



At one stage, it had 10,500 students including those from Babylon, Greece, Syria, and China.