Ancient institutions of learning in the Indian subcontinent

[2] The school consisted of several monasteries without large dormitories or lecture halls where the instruction was most likely still provided on an individualistic basis.

[1] Takshashila is described in some detail in later Jātaka tales, written in Sri Lanka around the fifth century AD.

[11] The university of Nalanda obtained significant fame, prestige and relevance during ancient times, and rose to legendary status due to its contribution to the emergence of India as a great power around the fourth century.

It was gradually started from the philosophical conferences held by Seeradhwaja Janaka, the Ikshwaku king of Mithila at his court.

Janaka was an ancient Hindu king of Videha which was located in Mithila region, approximately in the 8th or 7th century BC.

He also appears in epic Ramayana as a father of Goddess Sita, who was married with God Shri Ram.

In September 2017, the Indian central government started to consider a proposal to revive the ancient university.

[16] Sharada Peeth is a ruined Hindu temple and ancient centre of learning located in present-day Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

[17] Sharada Peeth was also valued by scholars across the Indian subcontinent for its library, and stories detail long journeys they would take to consult it.

Vikramashila was established by the Pala emperor Dharmapala (783 to 820 AD) in response to a supposed decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda.

[33] It was founded by the later kings of the Pāla dynasty, probably Ramapala (c. 1077–1120), most likely at a site near the present village of Jagdal in Dhamoirhat Upazila in the north-west Bangladesh on the border with India, near Paharapur.