- Location: Bihar
- Founded by: Gupta period (likely under Kumaragupta I)
- Significance: Famous as one of the world’s first residential universities.
- Academic Significance: Centre for advanced studies in Buddhist philosophy, logic, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and various arts and sciences.
- Travelers Visited: Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang) and Yijing.
- Architecture
- The site includes viharas (monasteries), chaityas (temples/stupas), and various shrines.
- Built mainly of red bricks, featuring intricate stucco, sculptures, and terracotta.
- Planned layout demonstrates advanced urban planning — systematically aligned monasteries and temples.
- Destroyed By: Bakhtiyar Khilji
