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  2. Vikramashila - Wikipedia

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    Vikramashila was founded by Pāla king Dharmapala in the late 8th or early 9th century. It prospered for about four centuries before it was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji along with the other major centres of Buddhism in Eastern India around 1193.

  3. 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 ]

  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. Odantapuri - Wikipedia

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    Gopala, the founder of the Pala dynasty, who ascended the throne of Bengal in 750 CE, founded the monastic university at Odantapuri. According to Bu-ston, however, the Odantapuri monastery was built by Gopala's son and successor, Dharmapala; while according to Taranatha, it was founded by either Gopala or Devapala.

  6. Ancient higher-learning institutions - Wikipedia

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    The Seonggyungwan was founded by in 1398 to offer prayers and memorials to Confucius and his disciples, and to promote the study of the Confucian canon. It was the successor to Gukjagam from the Goryeo dynasty (992). It was reopened as Sungkyunkwan University, a private Western-style university, in 1946. [citation needed]

  7. Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Court had unlimited appellate jurisdiction. [5] In the first statute establishing the district courts, Congress set $300 as the minimum amount in controversy for the appeal of a decision from the district court to the Supreme Court. [6] In 1841 the Court declared that limit unconstitutional in Morton v.

  8. Williams v. Taylor (Michael Williams) - Wikipedia

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    Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 420 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the interpretation of a provision of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). The case was argued on February 28, 2000, and decided on April 18, 2000.

  9. R. E. B. Baylor - Wikipedia

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    Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (May 10, 1793 – December 30, 1873) was an American statesman, jurist, ordained Baptist minister, war veteran, slave owner, and a co-founder and the namesake of Baylor University. According to Thomas R. Phillips and James W. Paulsen, he was one of the most productive justices on the Supreme Court of the Republic of ...