The Glorious Teachers of Vikramshila
Authors
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Assistant Professor of History, Sharda Jhun Jhunwala Mahila College, Bhagalpur - 812002, T. M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur - 812002, Bihar ,IN
Reeta Mishra
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15613/hijrh/2023/v10i2/45604Keywords:
Excavation, Heritage, Languages, Mahavira, Panditas, TeachersAbstract
Vikramshila calls for resuscitation, for the past eight centuries. There had been a division of opinion regarding its correct location, but there was no difference regarding its fame and effulgence. Like a bright diamond, it shines even amidst rebels. Now the location is proven through excavations. From Taranaths’s account, the greatest probability was at Colgong and not at Silao. S. C. Das and a host of others were inclined to accept it near Patharghata hills at Colgong, a few kilometres east of Bhagalpur, where the Ganges, takes a northerly turn and where Taranath’s descriptions proved accurate. But history is no more sheer worship of Cleo, it is also the time endeavouring to be exact. The truth about Vikramshila lies hidden in the womb of Mother Earth: to the industrious researcher she is whirling to unveil herself, this excavation adds one more feather to the cultural heritage, of which India has an inexhaustible store, ready to reveal herself in her finest glories and glorious teachers.
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