Education & Knowledge Systems
Vikramashila monastic university
c. 8th-12th c. CEPala dynastyVikramashila (Bihar)Bihar
700 CE
A major Buddhist centre of learning that sent scholars to Tibet.
- Dated
- 700 CE–1199
- As scholars put it
- c. 8th-12th c. CE
- Originator
- Pala dynasty
- Source text
- Vikramashila (Bihar)
- Region
- Bihar
- Discipline
- Education & Knowledge Systems
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Destroyed c. 1200 CE.
Path to modern innovation
A key node in Buddhist scholarship.
Builds on
427 CEReferences
- 1ASI
Further reading
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