Jain monasticism

thumb|An Advaita Vedanta monastery and Vidyashankara temple at Sringeri Sharada Peetham, [[Sringeri, Karnataka.]]

it was a renowned ancient university in the city of Taxila, then capital of the Achaemenid territories in northwestern ancient Indian subcontinent following the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley around 515 BCE

Jain monasticism

thumb|Śvetāmbara sadhvis meditating near [[Vrindavan, India.]] Aryika, also known as Sadhvi, is a female mendicant (nun) in Jainism.