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page 1Jain monasticism
matha
thumb|An Advaita Vedanta monastery and Vidyashankara temple at Sringeri Sharada Peetham, [[Sringeri, Karnataka.]]
University of Ancient Taxila
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
Jain monasticism
aryika
thumb|Śvetāmbara sadhvis meditating near [[Vrindavan, India.]]
Aryika, also known as Sadhvi, is a female mendicant (nun) in Jainism.