Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s2.7

c32.s2.7

**Administration.** The teaching was controlled by a Board of eminent teachers and it is stated that this Board of Vikramaśīlā also administered the affairs of Nālandā. This kind of co-ordination of work and management between the two Universities was perhaps due to King Dharmapāla being their common head. Accordingly, we find teachers like Dīpaṁkara and Abhayakara Gupta working at both the Universities or exchanges of teachers between them, as has been already mentioned.