This city is most famous for the university that supported the Ayurvedic scholar Charaka and the Sanskrit grammarian Pāṇini.
Local rulers frequently paid the voluntary tuition of poor students at a university in this city because not doing so would be too damaging to their reputation. The Heliodorus Pillar was erected by an ambassador representing the ruler of this city. This city was only known from literary sources until Alexander Cunningham began excavating it at Saraikhala. This city was connected to the city of Tamralipta by the Uttarapatha, or "northern road". A ruler of this city named Āmbhi was the bitter enemy of (*) King Porus and contributed 5000 men to the Macedonian army at the Battle of Hydaspes. This city is most famous for the university that supported the Ayurvedic scholar Charaka and the Sanskrit grammarian Pāṇini. For 10 points, identify this city in the Punjab home to an early university where Kautilya wrote the Arthaśāstra ("ar-ta-shah-stra").
Local rulers frequently paid the voluntary tuition of poor students at a university in this city because not doing so would be too damaging to their reputation.
Taxila or Takṣaśilā ("tuck-shuh-shih-lah")