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  2. Dharmapala of Bengal - Wikipedia

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    He founded the Vikramashila monastery which later evolved into a great learning centre of Buddhism. Vikramashila had about 100 professors, and was managed by a governing body of six member. [ 15 ] The most celebrated name associated with the Vikramshila University was that of Buddhist scholar Atiśa , who was greatly respected in Tibet . [ 16 ]

  3. Vikramashila - Wikipedia

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    Vikramashila was established by the Pala emperor Dharmapala (783 to 820 CE) in response to a supposed decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda. It was destroyed by the forces of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji around 1193.

  4. Ancient institutions of learning in the Indian subcontinent

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    Important pupil from ancient University of Taxila includes; King Pasenadi of Kosala, a close friend of the Buddha. Jivaka, court doctor at Rajagriha and personal doctor of the Buddha. [7] Charaka, the Indian "father of medicine" and one of the leading authorities in Ayurveda, is also said to have studied at Taxila, and practiced there. [8] [9]

  5. Jagaddala Mahavihara - Wikipedia

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    A large number of monasteries or viharas were established in ancient Bengal and Magadha during the four centuries of Pala rule in Northeast India (756-1174 AD). Dharmapala (781-821) is said to have founded 50 viharas himself, [ 4 ] including Vikramashila , the premier university of the era.

  6. Ancient higher-learning institutions - Wikipedia

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    Bologna University, established in 1088 AD in Italy, is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. Established in 1224 by Frederick II during his rule as King of Sicily, the University of Naples Federico II in Naples, Italy is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. [37] [38]

  7. University of ancient Taxila - Wikipedia

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    The university of ancient Taxila (ISO: Takṣaśilā Viśvavidyālaya) was a center of the Gurukula system of Brahmanical education in Taxila, Gandhara, in present-day Punjab, Pakistan, near the bank of the Indus River. It was established as a centre of education in religious and secular topics.

  8. Government of India v Taylor - Wikipedia

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    RULE 3 - English courts have no jurisdiction to entertain an action (1) for the enforcement, either directly or indirectly, of a penal, revenue or other public law of a foreign State; or (2) founded upon an act of state. [1] However it has been qualified by subsequent authorities, including by the Privy Council in Webb v Webb [2020] UKPC 22.

  9. Taylor v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Taylor v. United States may refer to several United States Supreme Court cases: Taylor v. United States 44 U.S. 197 (1832) Taylor v. United States, 207 U.S. 120 (1907) Taylor v. United States, 286 U.S. 1 (1932) Taylor v. United States, 414 U.S. 17 (1973) Arthur Lajuane Taylor v.