Question

In Taxila University, religious instruction was provided on an individualistic basis.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Hint:
> Taxila was seen as one of the most ancient (or earliest) universities in the world.
> For teachers residing there, official membership of particular colleges could not have been created.
> It did not appear like they were purpose-built lecture halls and Taxila residential areas.

Complete answer:
Taxila was a headquarter of Buddhism, a learning centre, an urban metropolis and a meeting place for numerous cultures, including the Achaemenids, the Greeks, the Mauryans, the Scythians, the Parthians, the Kushans, the Huns and finally the Muslims.

In the city of Taxila, the University of Ancient Taxila was a prominent ancient university. Taxila was on the Indus River’s eastern coast. The first knowledge from Valmiki Ramayana is about Taxila.

It has become the largest learning centre in the area and has encouraged exchanges between people from different cultures. The university was especially famous for science, particularly medicine, and the arts, but it taught both religious and secular subjects, and also subjects such as archery or astrology. Students come from distant parts of India. Students attending the university are listed in several Jataka of early Buddhist literature. About 10,000 students from China, Babylon, Syria and Greece, in addition to Indian students, are considered to have studied there.

Taxila was made a member of the Achaemenid Empire by the Achaemenid invasion of the Indus Valley. The Persian invasion possibly made the University of Taxila a very cosmopolitan place in which many cultures and ethnicities could share their expertise.

Option A. True is the correct answer as Taxila University was a Buddhist study centre in ancient India that consisted several monasteries and lacked large dormitories or lecture halls, so that religious education was offered on an individualistic basis.

Option B. False is the incorrect answer since it is found to be true.

Therefore, the correct answer is True

Note:
> Taxila had a great deal of influence on the Hindu society and the Sanskrit language. It is probably better known as Kautilya, who led Chandragupta Maurya to help found the Mauryan Empire. It is known for his association with Chanakya. The Chanakya Arthashastra (Knowledge of Economics) is said to have been written in Taxila.
> In the year 1980, Taxila was declared UNESCO World Heritage Site.