Ancient universities of India
- Ancient universities of India
Several sites on the Indian subcontinent were centres of learning in ancient times. Many were Buddhist monasteries.
* Nālandā, about 55 miles south east of present-day Patna in Bihar ("circa" 450 [Altekar, Anant Sadashiv (1965). Education in Ancient India, Sixth, Varanasi: Nand Kishore & Bros.] – 1193 CE)
* Odantapuri, in Bihar (circa 550 - 1040 CE)
* Somapura, now in Bangladesh (from the Gupta period to the Muslim conquest)
* Jagaddala, in Bengal (from the Pala period to the Muslim conquest)
* Nagarjunakonda, in Andhra Pradesh
* Vikramaśīla, in Bihar ("circa" 800 - 1040 CE)
* Valabhi, in Gujarat (from the Maitrak period to the Arab raids)
* Varanasi in UP (8th century to modern times)
* Kanchipuram, in Tamil Nadu
* Manyakheta, in Karnataka
* Puspagiri, in Orissa
* Ratnagiri, in Orissa
ee also
* Ancient Universities of Pakistan
References
External links
* [http://www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/ebdha240.htm The six Buddhist universities of ancient India]
* [http://thedailystar.net/2003/08/04/heritage.htm Paharpur]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040306013904/http://www.swaveda.com/Literature/Poetry/Anthology.htm Vidyakara's Subhasitaratnakosa (Jagaddla)]
* [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Bakhshali_manuscript.html The Bakhshali manuscript] from Takshashila region
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030809151051/http://mwobd.org/abmeb.html Ancient Buddhist Monastic Establishments in Bangladesh]
* [http://www.koausa.org/KoshSam/sharda1.html Sarada Temple in Kashmir]
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