Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals c6.94

c6.94

From the foregoing account it will be seen that in the later years at least of Nālanda the Tantric form of Buddhism was studied there, that is, a variety of Mahāyāna Buddhist doctrine, which was closely allied to the Hindu cult of Śiva and illustrates the gradual assimilation of Indian Buddhism to Hinduism. Two other centres of learning which came into being as Nālanda declined were both strongholds of Tantric Buddhism. These were Odantapuri and Vikramaśilā.