Ancient Universities

 Whe  i was in school and  while in India all i heard was  the  two names of  taxasila(taxila) and  nalanda.
there are many more regarding  which there is  little information  and  even  less recognition.
One also wonders how  an area which was  so well known for higher studies  is languishing  with  poor education  in  Independent  India

Vikramashila (IAST: Vikramaśīla) was one of the two most important centres of learning in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda. Its location is now the site of Antichak village, Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

[T]here were great number of books on religion of Hindus and Buddhists there; and when all these books came under the observation of the Mussalamans, they summoned, a number of Hindus that they might give them information regarding the import of these books; but the whole of the Hindu community had been killed in the war.
Vikramashila was established by the Pala emperor Dharmapala (783 to 820) in response to a supposed decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda. Atiśa, the renowned pandita, is sometimes listed as a notable abbot. It was allegedly destroyed by the forces of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji around 1193.^[1] The Tabaqat-i Nasiri completed by Minhaj-i-Siraj in 1260 corroborates this:


Vikramashila was neglected for years which contributed to extensive damages to the monument ASI is now planning to develop the excavated site of Vikramashila.[7][14][15]

Since 2009, there has been considerable work in maintaining and beautifying the place to attract tourism. There has been inflow of western tourist as well, during their river cruises on the Ganga River.[citation needed]


It has been a long time demand of local people for revival of this university like Nalanda university. In 2015 prime minister Narendra Modi announced a Rs 500 crore package for it, while state Government had to provide around 500 acres land which was yet to be done. President Pranab Mukherjee visited the excavated ruins of Vikramshila university in 2017. He addressed a public gathering at the university, saying that he would talk to the Prime minister for its revival

 Somapura,
 Odantapura
Jagaddala.^[3] 

Pushpagiri


Sharada Peeth (Urdu: شاردا پیٹھ‎; Kashmiri: शारदा पीठ (Devanagari), 𑆯𑆳𑆫𑆢𑆳 𑆥𑆵𑆜 (Sharada)) is an abandoned Hindu temple and ancient centre of learning in the Pakistani administered territory of Azad Kashmir. It is dedicated to the Hindu goddess of learning, Sharada. Between the 6th and 12th centuries CE, Sharada Peeth was one of the foremost temple universities of the Indian subcontinent,^[4][5][6][7] hosting scholars such as Kalhana, Adi Shankara,^[8]Vairotsana,^[8] Kumarajiva,^[8] and Thonmi Sambhota.^[8] As a religious institution, it is one of the three famous tirthas, or holy sites, for Kashmiri Pandits, the other two being the Martand Sun Temple and the Amarnath Temple.^[9] Sharada Peeth is one of 18 Maha Shakti Peethas, or "Grand Shakti Peethas" – highly revered temples throughout South Asia that commemorate the location of fallen body parts of the Hindu deity Sati.