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Several sites on the Indian subcontinent were centers of learning in ancient times. Many were Buddhist monasteries.

★ Taxila, near present-day Islamabad, Pakistan (7th century BCE - 460 CE)

★ Nālandā, about 55 miles south east of present-day Patna in Bihar (''circa'' 450^[1] – 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

★ Sharada Peeth, in Kashmir

★ Puspagiri, in Orissa

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References

1. Altekar, Anant Sadashiv (1965). Education in Ancient India, Sixth, Varanasi: Nand Kishore & Bros.

External links

★ 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