Vikramashila

Vikramashila was a Buddhist monastic university situated in what is now modern-day in . It was founded by King Dharmapala between the late eighth and early ninth century.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: building in India
  • Also known as: “chaoxing si/chaoyan si”, “Vikramasila University”, “Vikramaśīla University”, and “Vikramshila University”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bikramshila.

Railway station
railway station is a railway station on Sahibganj loop line under the Malda railway division of Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside National Highway 80 at Ramzanipur in in the Indian state of . is situated 3 km southeast of Vikramashila.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kahalgaon.

Town
is a municipality town in of , India. It lies in the Anga region and is located close to the Vikramashila University, which was once a famous centre of Buddhist learning across the world, along with Nalanda, during the Pala dynasty. is situated 9 km southwest of Vikramashila.

Vikramashila

Latitude
25.32402° or 25° 19′ 27″ north
Longitude
87.28472° or 87° 17′ 5″ east
Open location code
7MQ987FM+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2088158294
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1634624
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In Other Languages

From Angika to Western Panjabi—“Vikramashila” goes by many names.
  • Angika: “विक्रमशिला विश्वविद्यालय”
  • Bengali: “বিক্রমশিলা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়”
  • Chinese: “超戒寺”
  • Chinese: “超行寺／超岩寺”
  • Czech: “Vikramašíla”
  • Estonian: “Vikramashila”
  • Estonian: “Vikramašīla”
  • French: “Vikramashila”
  • French: “Vikramasila”
  • French: “Vikramaśīla”
  • German: “Vikramashila-Universität”
  • German: “Vikramashila”
  • German: “Vikramasīla Mahavihara”
  • German: “Vikramaśīla Mahavihara”
  • German: “Vikramasila”
  • German: “Vikramaśīla”
  • Hebrew: “ויקראמאשילה”
  • Hindi: “विक्रमशिला विश्वविद्यालय”
  • Hindi: “विक्रमशिला”
  • Irish: “Ollscoil Vikramaśīla”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクラマシーラ”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクラマシーラ僧院”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクラマシーラ大僧院”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクラマシーラ大学”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクラマシーラ寺院”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクラマシラー寺”
  • Japanese: “超岩寺”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಕ್ರಮಶಿಲಾ”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಕ್ರಮಾ ಲಾ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ”
  • Korean: “비크라마쉴라”
  • Malayalam: “വിക്രമശില സർവകലാശാല”
  • Marathi: “विक्रमशिला विद्यापीठ”
  • Marathi: “विक्रमशीला विद्यापीठ”
  • Newari: “विक्रमशिला विश्वविद्यालय”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vikramaśila”
  • Norwegian: “Vikramaśila”
  • Oriya: “ବିକ୍ରମଶିଳା”
  • Polish: “Wikramasila”
  • Russian: “Викрамашила”
  • Sanskrit: “विक्रमशिला विश्वविद्यालय”
  • Sinhala: “වික්‍රමශිලා විද්‍යාපීඨය”
  • Sinhala: “වික්‍රමශිලා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය”
  • Sinhala: “වික්‍රමශිලා”
  • Sinhala: “වික්‍රමශීලා විද්‍යාපීඨය”
  • Sinhala: “වික්‍රමශීලා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය”
  • Sinhala: “වික්‍රමශීලා”
  • Tamil: “விக்கிரமசீலா”
  • Telugu: “విక్రమశిల విశ్వవిద్యాలయం”
  • Telugu: “విక్రమశిల”
  • Thai: “วิกรมศิลา”
  • Tibetan: “བི་ཀྲ་མ་ལ་ཤཱི་ལའི་གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།”
  • Tibetan: “བིཀྲམ་ལ་ཤཱི་ལ།”
  • Tuvinian: “Викрамашила”
  • Ukrainian: “Вікрамашіла”
  • Urdu: “وکرم شیلا”
  • Urdu: “وکرماشیلا”
  • Vietnamese: “Vikramshila”
  • Western Panjabi: “وکرماشیلا”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bikram Shila and Shivanarayanpur railway station.

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