Introduction

Takshashila Academy is an educational institution which provides a platform to its pupils for exploring their potentialities leading to the high quality education. It was established in 1998. Avidit Acahrya (PhD, Princeton University, USA) proposed the name Takshashila to remind one of the past glories of education in South Asia. Takshashila University was a citadel of learning even before Lord Buddha. It was the University where Panini wrote the Sanskrit grammar called Ashtadhyayi which is regarded as the best grammar of any language written so far in the world. Takshashila University was the one where Mahayana Buddhism was studied and Kautilya studied, taught and wrote famous book Arthashastra (Economics). At Takshashila Academy, we aim to provide best teaching-learning environment which helps to foster best quality education through highly qualified academicians of Nepal and Abroad. We are determined to have best possible teachers and students to create a vibrant academic atmosphere, and to promote scientific and philosophical inquiry supporting research in all fields of knowledge through rigorous work. We are planning to upgrade this educational institution upto the university level.

What Does Takshashila Mean?
According to Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Taksha means to form by cutting, plane, chisel, and chop as used in Rig-Veda. It also means to form the mind, invent, or to fashion out of wood or stone, to make or create. Shila means stone. All those meanings are applicable in our context. Here we have presented a volcanic rock one side and stone image of Buddha made from it on the other side, implying that education is a process that transforms something formless into a beautiful form.