Odantapuri is a major Buddhist monastery located in Bihar, India. It is said to be the second oldest university in India. Odantapuri was established in the 8th century by the Pala ruler Gopal I. About 1000 students used to take education here. Read More
Vikramshila University was the center of Vajrayana Buddhism, where 1000 students were taught by more than 100 teachers, in which logic, grammar, philosophy, astronomy, law, etc. were taught. There were many temples in this university, for the care of which 108 schools were kept. The founder of Tibetan Buddhist Sakra traditions was Atiya Dipankar a student of this school. Read More
Vallabhi University, which was the center of Hinayana Buddhism, was famous for agriculture, public administration, religion and law, medicine, architectural science, economics, and accounting. Here the students after completing their education would get absorbed with all the kings who supported this university.Read More
Nalanda University has a different status from the point of view of arts. Bright red bricks were used in the construction of Nalanda University. It has a huge door surrounded by walls including many stupas, temples, meditation halls, parks, lakes, etc. The specialty of this university is its library, Ratnasagar, Ratnaranjaka, and Ratnodadhi, which were furnished in three multi-story buildings. Read More
The cultural name of Taxila is 'City of Cut Stones'. If we talk about the time of Ramayana, then this city was founded in the name of Taksha, the son of Bharata, the son of King Dasharatha. Taxila was famous for its university, here especially subjects like science, medicine, art, religion, astrology, archery, etc were taught.Read More
Acharya Sushruta is known as the father of surgery and the father of brain surgery, he is one of the ancient doctors of India. Acharya Sushruta's book 'Sushruta Samhita' is one of the oldest texts in the world of plastic surgery. It is considered the oldest treatise in the field of medicine and is considered the fundamental text of Ayurveda.Read More
Maharishi Kanad is known as Kashyap, Kashbhuj, Uluka, etc. His name translates to 'atomic eater', he was an ancient Indian scientist and philosopher, who founded the Veseshik school. Little is known about his life, he is known to have developed the foundation of the nuclear approach. Though there's a lot of debate about his birth, it is said that Kanad was born around the 2nd century. Read More
Maharishi Patanjali was a sage in ancient India, he has composed many Sanskrit works, the greatest of which is the Yoga Sutras, which is a classical yoga text. It is said that Patanjali was born in the second and third centuries AD .It is also believed that he used to live in Kashmir, Nepal, Sri Lanka.Read More
Panini is believed to be born between about 4 to 6 centuries, he was a Sanskritist and grammarian scholar of ancient India. He is known as the father of linguistics and was influential on the grammar of Padini even above Ferdinand de Saussure and Leonard Bloomfield.Read More
Nagarjuna was an Indian Buddhist thinker and scholarly saint, he is one of the most important philosophers of the entire Asian island. He was born in 150 CE. Nagarjuna is widely regarded as the founder of the secondary school of Buddhist philosophy. It is also believed that Nagarjuna was an advisor to a king of the Satavahana dynasty who ruled the Deccan plateau. Read More