Ancient Universities of India
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Several sites on the Indian subcontinent were centers of learning in ancient times.
- Takshashila centre of learning in Taxila near present-day Islamabad, Pakistan (7th BCE- 460 CE)
- Nālandā, about 55 miles south east of present-day Patna in Bihar (c. 450 CE[1]–1193)
- Odantapuri in Bihar (About 550- 1040CE)
- Somapura now in Bangladesh (Gupta period to Turkish conquest)
- Jagaddala (Pala period to Turkish conquest)
- Nagarjunakonda in Andhra Pradesh
- Vikramaśīla in Bihar (About 800- 1040CE)
- Valabhi in Gujarat (Maitrak period to Arab raids)
- Varanasi in UP (8th century to modern times)
- Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu
- Manyakheta in Karnataka
- Sharada Temple in Kashmir
- Ratnagiri in Orissa
[edit] External references
- ^ Altekar, Anant Sadashiv (1965). Education in Ancient India, Sixth, Varanasi: Nand Kishore & Bros.
- Somapura Mahavihara
- The six Buddhist universities of ancient India
- The historic Vikramasila university
- Samye Monastery a copy of Odantapuri
- Paharpur
- Vidyakara's Subhasitaratnakosa (Jagaddla)
- The Bakhshali manuscript from Takshashila region
- Ancient Buddhist Monastic Establishments in Bangladesh
- Sarada Temple in Kashmir
- A Center Of Great Buddhist Teachings
