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Vikramashila through time

Now Antichak, Bhagalpur district, Bihar

  1. Theme 9 · 5th century BCE to 13th century CE

    Buddhism and Jainism: later development and decline

    Founded by Dharmapala; a Vajrayana centre where Atisha taught; destroyed about 1203

  2. Theme 12b · 606 to 1036 CE

    North India: Harsha, Palas, Pratiharas

    Founded by Dharmapala; later also a Pala capital

  3. Theme M3 · 1150 to 1210 CE

    The second Turkish invasion and the Rajput kingdoms

    Sacked in the same campaigns; Tibetan sources say its abbot Shakyashribhadra fled to Tibet