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

• 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)
• Taxila (7th century BCE - 460 CE) in Modern day Pakistan
• Sharada Peeth, in modern day Pakistan Administered Kashmir
• Valabhi, in Gujarat (from the Maitrak period to the Arab raids)
• Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh (8th century to modern times)
• Kanchipuram, in Tamil Nadu
• Manyakheta, in Karnataka
• Puspagiri, in Orissa
• Ratnagiri, in Orissa

[edit] See also

• Indian philosophy
• Ancient Universities of Pakistan

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The six Buddhist universities of ancient India
• Paharpur
• Vidyakara's Subhasitaratnakosa (Jagaddla)
• The Bakhshali manuscript from Takshashila region
• Ancient Buddhist Monastic Establishments in Bangladesh
• Sarada Temple in Kashmir