Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c30.95

c30.95

**Valabhī.** Valabhī "had above 100 monasteries with 6,000 Brethren, adherents of the Hīnayāna Sammatīya school" under its King Dhurvabhaṭa (son-in-law of Harsha and nephew of Śīlāditya of Mo-la-po) who was a sincere believer in Buddhism. "Not far from the capital was a large monastery erected by Āchāra (more probably Achala) in which the famous Buddhist scholars, Guṇamati and Sthiramati, had lodged and composed treatises which had great vogue" (p. 246).