TIME's video: 10 ANCIENT INDIAN UNIVERSITIES

facts you didnt know about ancient indian universities 10.lalitgiri,ODISHA,[MAGADHA KINGDOM] Lalitgiri, one of the earliest Buddhist sites in Orissa, maintained a continuous cultural sequence starting from the post Mauryan period (322–185 BC) till 13th century AD. 9.salban vihar,BANGLADESH, the ancient kingdom of Anga Originally, the monastery was called Bhavadev Bihar after the king, but today the Shalban name comes from a grove of Shal tree. 8.bikrampur vihara The Vihara is one of the 30 monasteries built by Emperor Dharmapala during his regime around 820 A.D., second king of Pala dynasty and related to Atish Dipankar Srigyan, a child prodigy like Gautama Buddha. 7.odantapuri Odantapuri, also called Odantapura or Uddandapura, was a Buddhist vihara in what is now Bihar, India. It was established by King Gopala of the Pala dynasty in the 7th century.6.ratnagiri ,odisha[kalinga] Ratnagiri was once the site of a mahavihara, or major Buddhist monastery, in the Brahmani and Birupa river valley in Jajpur district of Odisha, India. It was part of the Puspagiri University, 5.pushpagiri Pusphagiri, one of the earliest buddhist mahavihara spread across Cuttack and Jajpur district, Odisha (ancient Kalinga) in 3rd century AD, flourished until the 11th century in India. 4.Somapura Mahavihara ,bangladesh among the best known Buddhist viharas in the Indian Subcontinent and is one of the most important archeological sites in the country. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. 3.Vikramaśīla University Vikramaśīla University was one of the two most important centres of Buddhist learning in India during the Pala empire, along with Nālandā University. 2.nalanda Nalanda was an acclaimed Mahāvihāra, a large Buddhist monastery in ancient Magadha India. 1.taxila ,pakistan Taxila was considered to be amongst the earliest universities in the world. Taxila meaning "City of Cut Stone”