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Two most famous sangharāma of ancient times were Vālukārāma of [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vesali]] (ancient Vesali is identified as present [[Basarh]]) and [[Kukkutarama]] in [[Pataliputra]]. | Two most famous sangharāma of ancient times were Vālukārāma of [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vesali]] (ancient Vesali is identified as present [[Basarh]]) and [[Kukkutarama]] in [[Pataliputra]]. | ||
Valukarama<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100305/page/n205/mode/1up ‘Vaishali’]. An Early History Of Vaisali by Mishra,yogendra 1962. Retrieved 2023-07-19</ref> Sangharama in [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vesali]] was the site of [[Buddhist councils|second Buddhist Council]] under the patronage of King Kalasoka. | [[Valukarama]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100305/page/n205/mode/1up ‘Vaishali’]. An Early History Of Vaisali by Mishra,yogendra 1962. Retrieved 2023-07-19</ref> Sangharama in [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vesali]] was the site of [[Buddhist councils|second Buddhist Council]] under the patronage of King Kalasoka. | ||
[[Kukkutarama]] sangharāma in [[Pataliputra]] was the site of [[Buddhist councils|third Buddhist Council]] under the patronage of Emperor [[Ashoka]].<ref>[http://rguir.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16796/1/9781984667960.pdf ‘Third Buddhist Council’]. INDIAN HISTORY 3RD CENTURY BCE by Theodore Thompson. Retrieved 2023-07-17</ref> The [[Kukkutarama]] sangharāma was later destroyed and its monks killed by [[Pushyamitra]] of [[Shunga Empire|Shunga]] Dynasty, according to the second century ''[[Ashokavadana]]''. "Then King Pushyamitra equipped a fourfold army, and intending to destroy the [[Buddhist religion]], he went to the Kukkutarama. (...) Pushyamitra therefore destroyed the sangharāma, killed the monks there, and departed."<ref>Ashokavadana, 133, trans. John Strong.</ref> | [[Kukkutarama]] sangharāma in [[Pataliputra]] was the site of [[Buddhist councils|third Buddhist Council]] under the patronage of Emperor [[Ashoka]].<ref>[http://rguir.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16796/1/9781984667960.pdf ‘Third Buddhist Council’]. INDIAN HISTORY 3RD CENTURY BCE by Theodore Thompson. Retrieved 2023-07-17</ref> The [[Kukkutarama]] sangharāma was later destroyed and its monks killed by [[Pushyamitra]] of [[Shunga Empire|Shunga]] Dynasty, according to the second century ''[[Ashokavadana]]''. "Then King Pushyamitra equipped a fourfold army, and intending to destroy the [[Buddhist religion]], he went to the Kukkutarama. (...) Pushyamitra therefore destroyed the sangharāma, killed the monks there, and departed."<ref>Ashokavadana, 133, trans. John Strong.</ref> | ||
Other important Sangharamas of ancient period were Veluwana-arama of Rajagaha, Paribhajak-arama near Rajgriha, Ghositarama at Kausambi, [[Nigrodharama]] at Kapilvatthu,<ref>[http://heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume7/49.pdf ‘Structural Vihar: Abode of Buddhist Monks and Its Stages of Development’]. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 7 (2019): 772-790. Retrieved 2023-07-19</ref>, Arogyarama in [[Pataliputra|Patliputra]] (a seal found in [[Kumhrar|Kumarahar]] excavation bears the name of this sangharama), Kapotarama (Pigeon monastery) on the Bari Pahari hill and Tittira-rama (Partridge monastery) to the south-east of Kapotarama in present [[Bihar Sharif|Biharsharif]] town<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.46494/page/n36/mode/1up ‘VIHARAS’ on pp. 26-39.] Buddhist monuments by Lal, R.B. Publication date 1955. Retrieved 2023-08-09</ref>. | Other important Sangharamas of ancient period were Veluwana-arama of Rajagaha, Paribhajak-arama near Rajgriha, Ghositarama at Kausambi, [[Nigrodharama]] at Kapilvatthu,<ref>[http://heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume7/49.pdf ‘Structural Vihar: Abode of Buddhist Monks and Its Stages of Development’]. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 7 (2019): 772-790. Retrieved 2023-07-19</ref>, Arogyarama in [[Pataliputra|Patliputra]] (a seal found in [[Kumhrar|Kumarahar]] excavation bears the name of this sangharama), Kapotarama (Pigeon monastery) on the Bari Pahari hill and Tittira-rama (Partridge monastery) to the south-east of Kapotarama in present [[Bihar Sharif|Biharsharif]] town<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.46494/page/n36/mode/1up ‘VIHARAS’ on pp. 26-39.] Buddhist monuments by Lal, R.B. Publication date 1955. Retrieved 2023-08-09</ref>. | ||
==Sangharama in present period== | ==Sangharama in present period== | ||