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Vikramshila

Garden flowers fill the foreground; beyond them, steps lead up to the brick remains. The photograph was taken at Antichak in 2024. This is Vikramshila in Bhagalpur district, where the remains of a Pala-period centre of learning are still visible.

Steps leading to the central brick remains at Vikramshila, seen across garden flowers.
2024 · PhotographJai Anga · CC0Resized; soft edge treatment in the page. Original image and marks retained.

In the record

The site is at Antichak in the Kahalgaon subdivision of Bhagalpur district.

Bihar Tourism identifies it as a centre of learning during the Pala period and attributes its establishment to Dharmapala.

The remains include brick stupa and monastery structures.

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