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'''Odantapuri''' (also called '''Odantapura''' or '''Uddandapura''') was a prominent [[Buddhist]] [[Mahavihara]] in what is now [[Bihar]], [[India]]. It is believed to have been established by [[Gopala I]] in the 8th century. It is considered the second oldest of India's Mahaviharas after [[Nalanda]] and was situated in [[Magadha]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anupam |first1=Hitendra |title=SIGNIFICANCE OF TIBETAN SOURCES IN THE STUDY OF ODANTAPURI AND VIKARAMSILA MAHAVIHARS |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2001 |volume=61 |pages= | '''Odantapuri''' (also called '''Odantapura''' or '''Uddandapura''') was a prominent [[Buddhist]] [[Mahavihara]] in what is now [[Bihar]], [[India]]. It is believed to have been established by [[Gopala I]] in the 8th century. It is considered the second oldest of India's Mahaviharas after [[Nalanda]] and was situated in [[Magadha]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anupam |first1=Hitendra |title=SIGNIFICANCE OF TIBETAN SOURCES IN THE STUDY OF ODANTAPURI AND VIKARAMSILA MAHAVIHARS |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2001 |volume=61 |pages=424–428 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148119}}</ref> | ||
The ''vihara'' perished at the hands of [[Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji]], a Turko-Muslim invader in late 1100s, when he launched multiple raids on Bihar and adjoining territories.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Singh|first=Anand|date=2013|title='Destruction' and 'Decline' of Nālandā Mahāvihāra: Prejudices and Praxis|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43854933|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka|volume=58|issue=1|pages=23–49|issn=1391-720X}}</ref> | The ''vihara'' perished at the hands of [[Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji]], a Turko-Muslim invader in late 1100s, when he launched multiple raids on Bihar and adjoining territories.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Singh|first=Anand|date=2013|title='Destruction' and 'Decline' of Nālandā Mahāvihāra: Prejudices and Praxis|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43854933|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka|volume=58|issue=1|pages=23–49|issn=1391-720X}}</ref> | ||
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[[Gopala I|Gopala]], the founder of the Pala dynasty, who ascended the throne of Bengal in 750 CE; founded the monastery at Odantapuri. However, [[Bu-ston]], the Tibetan Buddhist leader, was of the opinion that the Odantapuri monastery was built by [[Gopala I|Gopala]]'s son and successor, [[Dharmapala (emperor)|Dharmapala]]. | [[Gopala I|Gopala]], the founder of the Pala dynasty, who ascended the throne of Bengal in 750 CE; founded the monastery at Odantapuri. However, [[Bu-ston]], the Tibetan Buddhist leader, was of the opinion that the Odantapuri monastery was built by [[Gopala I|Gopala]]'s son and successor, [[Dharmapala (emperor)|Dharmapala]]. | ||
Odantapuri was part of a network of five [[Mahavihara | Odantapuri was part of a network of five [[Mahavihara]]s in eastern India. The others were [[Nalanda]], [[Vikramashila]], [[Somapura Mahavihara|Somapura]], and [[Jagaddala Mahavihara|Jagaddala]]. | ||
Around the 11th century CE, while Nalanda was struggling for survival, Odantapuri “had a rival institution functioning under the royal patronage of Palas and, being a capital town, it must have inevitably snatched away the fortunes of Nalanda”.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Patil|first=D.R.|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.532467/|title=The Antiquarian Remains in Bihar|year=1963|pages=326}}</ref> | Around the 11th century CE, while Nalanda was struggling for survival, Odantapuri “had a rival institution functioning under the royal patronage of Palas and, being a capital town, it must have inevitably snatched away the fortunes of Nalanda”.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Patil|first=D.R.|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.532467/|title=The Antiquarian Remains in Bihar|year=1963|pages=326}}</ref> | ||