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Download Solution PDF'Vikramshila University' was founded by -
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Option 2 : Dharampal
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Download Solution PDFVikramshila University was founded by Dharampal.
- Vikramshila was one of the important Buddhist monasteries in India during the Pala Empire.
- It was established by the great Pala emperor, Dharmapala during 8-9 CE.
- It is located in Antichik village of Bhagalpur district Bihar.
- It was built due to the decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda.
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- It was excavated by B.P. Sinha and later by Archaeological Survey of India.
- It is a huge monastery with a stupa in the center.
- It was laid upon more than one hundred acres of land.
- It was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193.
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