The ancient grammarian Panini was a student of which of the following ancient places of learning?

ATakshashila ✓ Correct

BNalanda

CSri Dhanya Cuttack

DOdantapuri

Correct answer: (A) Takshashila

Explanation

The grammarian Panini studied at the ancient centre of Takshashila.

Nalanda flourished later as a Buddhist monastic university in Bihar.

Sri Dhanya Cuttack was a southern seat of learning, not linked to Panini.

Odantapuri was another later Buddhist establishment in Bihar.

Panini composed the Ashtadhyayi, the foundational treatise on Sanskrit grammar.

Takshashila attracted students of grammar, medicine and many other subjects.

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