Question

In reference to Taxila University, who among the following founded it?
1. Achaemenid
2. Dharmapala
3. Ashoka
4. None of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Achaemenid

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Achaemenid

• The University of Ancient Taxila was a renowned ancient university in the city of Taxila, capital of the Achaemenid territories in northwestern ancient Indian subcontinent following the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley around 515 BCE.
• The Achaemenid Empire also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire based in Western Asia founded by Cyrus the Great.
• From the Mediterranean Sea and Hellespont in the west to the Indus River in the east, Cyrus the Great created the largest empire the world had yet seen
• Ashoka was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. The grandson of the founder of the Maurya Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya,
• Dharmapala was the second ruler of the Pala Empire of Bengal region in the Indian Subcontinent. He was the son and successor of Gopala, the founder of the Pala Dynasty.