CSE · GS-1Official PYQ · CSE 2014 · Q3Art & Culture · Art & Culture · 10 marks · 150 words

English

Taxila university was one of the oldest universities of the world with which were associated a number of renowned learned personalities of different disciplines. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered as a university in the modern sense. Discuss.

हिन्दी

तक्षशिला विश्वविद्यालय विश्व के प्राचीनतम विश्वविद्यालयों में से एक था जिसके साथ विभिन्न शिक्षण-विषयों (डिसिप्लिन्स) के अनेक विख्यात विद्वानी व्यक्तित्व सम्बन्धित थे। उसकी रणनीतिक अवस्थिति के कारण उसकी कीर्ति फैली, लेकिन नालन्दा के विपरीत, उसे आधुनिक अभिप्राय में विश्वविद्यालय नहीं समझा जाता। चर्चा कीजिए।

Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2014 (English and Hindi). Source

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