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Antichak, Bhagalpur, Bihar · 25.3244°, 87.2867°
One of the three great Pala mahaviharas alongside Nalanda and Odantapuri, founded by Dharmapala at Antichak near Kahalgaon and reputedly set up in response to a perceived decline at Nalanda. Its excavated plan is a huge square monastery of 208 cells around a cruciform stupa; it taught over a thousand students and was destroyed around 1193 by Bakhtiyar Khalji, its history preserved largely in Tibetan sources such as Taranatha.
coordinates: wikidata-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Pala
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