Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c32.s3.1

c32.s3.1

**Its foundation by King Rāma Pāla.** According to the historical Epic *Rāmacharita*, King Rāma Pāla of Bengal and Magadha, who reigned between A.D. 1084–1130, founded a new city which he called Rāmāvatī on the banks of the rivers Gaṅgā and Karatoyā in Varendra and equipped the city with a Vihāra called Jagaddala. The University could barely work for a hundred years, till the time of Moslem invasion sweeping it away in A.D. 1203. But in its short life it has made substantial contributions to learning through its scholars who made it famous by their writings. An account of these scholars is given below.