Which of the following statements are true regarding Takshashila?

1.The Indian grammarian Panini studied there

2.The renowned physician of ancient India, Jivaka, studied there

3.Xuan Zang studied Yogashastra at Takshashila

4.The Chinese scholar I-Qing visited Takshashila in the 7th century CE

A2 & 3 only

B1 & 4 only

C1, 2, 3 & 4

D1 & 2 only ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) 1 & 2 only

Explanation

Takshashila is remembered as the place where the grammarian Panini and the physician Jivaka studied, so Statements 1 and 2 are true.

Statement 1 Panini, author of the Ashtadhyayi, is traditionally linked to study at Takshashila.

Statement 2 Jivaka, the celebrated physician, is said to have trained in medicine there.

Statement 3 is false because Xuan Zang studied Yogashastra at Nalanda under Silabhadra, not at Takshashila.

Statement 4 is false because I-Qing travelled by sea to Nalanda and did not visit Takshashila, which had already declined.

Takshashila flourished as a centre of learning long before the great Buddhist monastic universities of Bihar.

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