11 Facts About Vikramashila

Vikramashila was one of the three most important Buddhist monasteries in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda and Odantapuri.

Vikramashila was established by the Pala emperor Dharmapala in response to a supposed decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda.

Vikramashila was founded by Pala king Dharmapala in the late 8th or early 9th century.

Vikramashila is known to us mainly through Tibetan sources, especially the writings of Taranatha, the Tibetan monk historian of the 16th–17th centuries.

Vikramashila was one of the largest Buddhist universities, with more than one hundred teachers and about one thousand students.

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Vikramashila in turn was succeeded by three more prominent Cakrasamvara commentators, Bhavyakirti, Durjayachandra, and Tathagataraksita.

However, some of the manuscripts of Vikramashila's library, have been discovered in Nepal and Tibet as many of the Buddhist monks fled to these regions following the collapse of the monastery.

Vikramashila stupa built for the purpose of worship is a brick structure laid in mud mortar and stands in the centre of the square monastery.

Vikramashila monastery is larger and has fort-like projections on its outer wall.

Vikramashila was neglected for years which contributed to the extensive damage to the monument.

Vikramashila addressed a public gathering at the university, saying that he would talk to the Prime minister for its revival.