THE STORY OF ONE OF THE LARGEST BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY

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              VIKRAMASHILA UNIVERSITY

     Vikramashila was one of the two most important centres of Buddhist learning in India during the Pala empire .Vikramashila is located at about 50 km east of Bhagalpur district.

                                  The wall Carvings of various deities

Vikramashila was one of the largest Buddhist universities, with more than one hundred teachers and about one thousand students. It produced eminent scholars who were often invited by foreign countries to spread Buddhist learning, culture and religion. Subjects like philosophy, grammar, metaphysics, Indian logic etc. were taught here, but the most important branch of learning was tantarism.

                                 pillar at university

                         beautiful stone structure at university

A large number of antiquities of different materials, unearthed from this place in the course of excavation, are displayed in the site museum maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.This site again prove that BIHAR was the hub of education & research in ancient time.

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