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That’s what years of gaslighting and brainwashing through “Pakistan Studies” can do to your brain. But no amount of spin can change the fact that Takshashila University was a Vedic/Buddhist center of learning that flourished from around the 6th century BCE. It is prominently mentioned, along with the province of Gandhara, in Sanskrit epics such as the Mahabharata and in Buddhist literature (the princess of Gandhara province was the Queen Mother of Hastinapur (present day Delhi) in the epic narrative of the Mahabharata). By the time the Achaemenid Empire emerged in ancient Persia (6th to 5th century BC), Takshashila University was already a renowned center of learning. The Greeks came much later in 323 BC. Anyway, good day to you.

@STCLEMSON3 @SamDalrymple123 Taxila was part of Gandhara civilization that flourished during the eras of Achaemenid Persians, Greeks, Mauryans and finally Kushans. All hailing from different origins and belief systems. Painting them with hindutva brush is an insult to the legacy and the name of Taxila.

Where the Language of the Gods entered the World of Men For a Sanskrit nerd like me, Taxila is the coolest place possible. The oldest ruins date from around 1000BC, and it's mentioned in the Mahabharata.

@mdaftabalamvice @Kamru_Choudhury Ha ha, when you have no argument, then repeat the same words. Now get lost, bigot.

@STCLEMSON3 @Kamru_Choudhury These labels won't change the fact that it was just a millitary action against bangladeshis

There is a very sinister motive behind all Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states suddenly issuing strictures against Muslims of India and their customs and traditions. The Goal of vilifying Dalits and Adivasis by the Hindutva Ecosystem suddenly finds Muslims of India as their favourite Punching bag. Is it to divert the serious Economic and Energy crisis that India under Modi is witnessing. Or is it only the Hindutva project under operation ? Only time will tell .

That may be so. But, and you may be unaware of this, Takshashila (along with Nalanda, Vikramshila etc.) appear in many Indian vernacular historical fiction and nonfiction works, and even in southern languages or in faraway Bengali, it is always referred as Takshashila. So the original Sanskrit name is far from extinct and very much alive in India. The University at Takshashila and its famous teachers and alumni such as Panini, Kautilya, and Charaka are almost household names in India. Therefore, at least from an Indian point of view, and given that it was a Vedic/Buddhist center of learning whose medium of instruction was almost certainly Sanskrit (Panini, Chanakya, and Charaka all wrote in Sanskrit), it is only proper that the original name be introduced at least once, even if one later transitions to the more commonly used local name or Greek transliteration for mass consumption. Anyway, thank you very much for your interest in ancient Indian history and for your kind consideration.

Its ٹيکسلا (teksila) in local Punjabi and Urdu, and thats how its called in thr 21st century... Its a bit like how no one called Patna Pataliputra anymore, or London Londinium. Its different in different languages of course, just like Delhi becomes दिल्ली (Dilli) in Hindi and دهلی (Dehli) in Urdu... Takshashila is still how its called in Sanskrit and many Indian languages, but in the local area its very much called Taksila...

Even in ancient times? Do you think Panini, the world’s first grammarian and phonetician, who wrote the first classical Sanskrit grammar, whose sophistication was matched only by works appearing nearly 2,000 years later in modern times, and who studied and later taught at Takshashila University alongside other legendary figures of ancient Indian scholarship, including Chanakya (Kautilya), the master political strategist, and Charaka, the foundational Ayurvedic physician, also called it “Taxila” instead of its Sanskrit name, Takshashila? Pakistan may occupy parts of ancient Bharatavarsha and some of its great centers of learning today, but going by your post, sadly it is clear that many Pakistanis really have no idea what they are occupying or what they are talking about.

@SamDalrymple123 @STCLEMSON3 In local language it’s always been called “Taxila” even in ancient times. It is just an Indian habit of poking their nose in everything and saffronising the relics of archeological remains wherever they are found in South Asia.

@Nicholas_M1979 @expatriate_in @rahulnair619 @OrevaZSN That's a non-peer-reviewed "report" by a white supremacist. More authoritative and recent studies have 99.08 as India's "average IQ", whatever that means. thecaliforniacourier.com/average-iq-by-…

@expatriate_in @rahulnair619 @OrevaZSN

“They’re stealing our jobs.” Yes Billy, who failed high school, Rajesh the astrophysicist has stolen your job.

@Nicholas_M1979 @OrevaZSN It’s a question of the free market that Americans are so proud of. Rajesh is going to whoever offers the best remuneration, and his employer is hiring the best talent he can afford with his limited resources. It’s not complicated.

@OrevaZSN If Rajesh is so intelligent, why is that he has to come to America? Why isn’t he staying home and making India, great? Why is it that only in America is he able to use his “intellect and talents”?

No, bigot, the Chuknagar massacre was a massacre of Bengali Hindus by the Pakistani Army in collaboration with local Jamaati and Ansar collaborators. It is regarded as one of the largest communal massacres of the 20th century, and is compared in scale and brutality to atrocities such as the Srebrenica massacre in the former Yugoslavia.

@STCLEMSON3 @Kamru_Choudhury Are you kangaroo ? You kept jumping man here and there Atleast first concede that chuknagar massacre was pakistani millitary action against bangladeshi when awami league won And you were trying very hard to portray it as anti hindu riots kinda thing

@CptoneP @grok Did you learn something today? Hope it dispels some of your other biases.

@STCLEMSON3 Nehru had never opposed it. @grok pls clear the whatsapp forward trash of this person's brain.

> K V Hedgewar the founder of RSS, announced Golwalkar would be the next general secretary of RSS in 1939. Golwalkar reinforced the organisation's isolation from the Independence Movement. Golwalkar criticized anti- British nationalism. He complied with British regulations during World War 2, even disbanding the RSS's military department to avoid any conflict with the colonial government. The Britishers saw the RSS as 'Non - Threatening' organization and the Bombay Government appreciated the RSS by noting that the Sangh had scrupulously kept itself within the law and order and refrained from taking part in the disturbance (Quit India Movement) that broke out in August 1942.

@Indepthcomments @sanjayuvacha Why in the world are *you* proud if Dr. Khorana denied his Indian root (which he never did)?

@sanjayuvacha Well said. I am proud if Khorana has said that he was not an Indian.

A long time ago Hargobind Khurana won a Nobel Prize and the newspapers then screamed about an Indian winning the prize. Khurana said in response that he was no longer Indian but American. Vivek Ramaswamy running for Governor of Ohio is not Indian. Indian names may have gone global, but Citizenship of India restricts you to the subcontinent

@sanjayuvacha That's a lie. A simple Google search would have told you that Har Govind Khorana never denied his Indian roots. He in fact retained strong intellectual and institutional links with India throughout his life, and was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1969.

@Therealtesp @EdKrassen They take dump much more frequently on the streets of the drug addled, zombie-infested hellholes of inner city Philadelphia, New York, SFO, than in the entire country of India.

@EdKrassen Most of India is a hellhole. They shit in the street, what is the controversy here?

India calls America out for Trump’s racist comments and Rubio calls Americans stupid. President Trump amplified a post last month referring to India as a “hellhole.” So when Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited New Delhi, he was confronted directly about remarks viewed as offensive toward Indians coming from the United States. Rubio responded: “Every country in the world has stupid people who say dumb things.” The State Department initially posted the exchange online, but later removed it after people pointed out that Rubio’s answer appeared to indirectly characterize Trump’s comments as “dumb.”

@Therealtesp @StankaMijuskov1 @EdKrassen Another one that cannot spell. It's "Capitol" building where they took the dump, not Capital.

@StankaMijuskov1 @EdKrassen That was the capital stupid.

Polygamy, triple talaq, child marriage, women’s witness being considered half as important as men’s, rape having required corroboration by 4 witnesses, the husband’s right to “beat wives gently”, non-recognition of marital ra*pe, etc., are some evidences of Islam oppressing women. To some extent all religions oppress women, but Islam has been far more resistant to modernization from a 7th century value system.

Islam gave women rights to inheritance, property ownership, financial independence, consent in marriage and divorce 1400 years ago. Meanwhile, much of the world was still treating women like property. Can someone explain why people keep saying Islam "oppresses women"?

Ha ha, no, Taj Mahal is indeed unique, but India has so many other beauties, some older than Islam itself. But many of them, especially in the north, like Martand (Sun) temple in Kashmir, were destroyed and converted to mosques. Only a few have survived. Like this Jain temple in Delwara that dates back to eleventh century.

Claiming to be 5000 year-old civilization yet having no monument of note to showcase to foreign visitors shows how fake this ‘ancient advanced civilization’ narrative is. Indian civilization truly began under Muslim rule and stagnated after the British withdrawal.

@Dezzz653563 @AsurAndolan Poor Australians do have bad teeth. Teeth problem correlates with household wealth, which clearly you don't have much of.

Muslims think graping daughter is a flex so can’t fathom father daughter relations like this.

@profmarquinas @Veryindiancoded @TheInsiderPaper @IndiaSupahPowah @IndiatakingLs @IndiaToday @poojeetstreet @PooWorldOrderr @IndianGems_ @pajeetproject Sikhs most definitely can, but as I said, if you spit upward it falls on one's own body. The person in the West won't think you are any less "smelly" than the "RSS" you are describing by that epithet.

@STCLEMSON3 @Veryindiancoded @TheInsiderPaper @IndiaSupahPowah @IndiatakingLs @IndiaToday @poojeetstreet @PooWorldOrderr @IndianGems_ @pajeetproject Ok hindus can say lassi to sikhs but sikhs cant say smelly to them ?

American H1B Techies and Doctors are sleeping on the roof in 50 c temp. in india 🇮🇳. Imagine the heat and smell.

In 1950 there was no "Pakistani milutary action". But in that year in Anderson (Bhairab) Bridge massacre, Jamaatis stopped several trains on Anderson (Bhairab) bridge, identified the Hindus, killed them by slitting their throats and threw the bodies to the river below. Jamaatis/ Ansars killed 3000 Hindus that day in Bangladesh. Google it.

@STCLEMSON3 @Kamru_Choudhury "several hundreds of thousands"billion or trillion? You got exposed unable to substantiate your claim pakistan millitary action against bangladeshi is not religious persecution you idiot Muslim getting lynched every day in the name of cow that is real persecution show me similar

@Dezzz653563 @AsurAndolan Here's another Australian who cannot spell. It's "you're nothing", not "your nothing", and please pay attention to your bad teeth.

@AsurAndolan Getting angry brown fuck listen here your nothing but slaves and always will be