Srinivasan A TO Z INDIA AUGUST 2022 PAGE 30 Takshashila: The World’s oldest University Takshashila, north-western region of Bharat: their destructive marks on this institution. The final blow, however, came from the Huns. They destroyed the whole city, University, which never again recovers. During the 7th century CE. it was gradually abandoned by its inhabitants. When the Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler Huen T’sang (A.D. 603-64) visited Takshashila, the town had lost all its former gran deur & international character.