Fwd: Did Pythagorus study at Taxila?

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gandhara , " ymalaiya " <ymalaiya wrote:

 

" ymalaiya " <ymalaiya> wrote:

 

Pythagorus (about 569BCE-500BCE)founded a religious order. The

principles of the Pythagoreas were similar to some of the Indian

traditions, rebirth, vegetarianism etc. Unfortunately what we know

about the Pythagoreans, comes from comments by authors of rival

schools. It has been speculated that Pythagorus might have studied

in India.

 

Takshashila as a center of learning was already well-known by the

time of Gautam Buddha, Jivaka and Angulimal had studied there. It

did not have a formal university (vihara) then obviously, however it

must have been like Varanasi, a city with many distinguished

teachers.

 

Yashwant

 

 

JK <tiptronicus@g...> wrote:

 

> " Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagorus in 500

> BC studied in Takshashila University in North India and learnt

> Mathematics "

>

> Wow! Is there any reference for this statement? When was the

>University of Takshashila established?

>

> On 8/10/05, Srinivasan Kalyanaraman <kalyan97@g...> wrote:

 

 

> > Pre-Christian Pagans in Europe had many things in common with

ancient

> > Hindus in

> > India - 7 days in a week, worship of Sun-God, Spring Festival,

> > reincarnation, cremating the dead and immortality of the soul.

The

> > heroes who died in the Trojan war were cremated in a manner

similar to

> > those in India. Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagorus

in 500

> > BC studied in Takshashila University in North India and learnt

> > Mathematics (famous Pythogorus Theorem is from Bodhayana Sutra

of the

> > Vedic Period), Medicine and Transmigration of the soul. This is

called

> > the Pythogorean School of Thought.

 

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