Dharmapala of Bengal
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Dharmapala was the second Pala emperor of Bengal in the Indian subcontinent. He was the son and successor of Gopala, the founder of the Pala dynasty. Dharmapala was mentioned as the King of Vangala in
Somapura Mahavihara is the largest Buddhist vihara in the Indian subcontinent built by Dharmapala in Naogaon District, Bangladesh; it became a World Heritage Site in 1985.
Keśava Praśasti
Carved Conch
Durga Mahishasuramardini slaying the Buffalo Demon, Bengal, India, or Bangladesh, Pala dynasty, 1100s AD, phyllite Dallas Museum of Art DSC05056
Vikramashila
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Vikramashila was a Buddhist monastic university situated in what is now modern-day Bihar in India. It was founded by King Dharmapala between the late eighth and early ninth century.
Dharmapala of Bengal
…Dharmapala's reign as follows: Dharmapala was a great patron of Buddhism. He granted 200 villages to Nalanda university and revived it. He founded the Vikramashila monastery, which later evolved into a great learning centre of Buddhism. Vikramashila had about 100 professors and was managed by a governing body of…
The ruins of Vikramashila Buddhist Mahavihara
Atisa, one of the abbots of Vikramashila
11th-century Vajrayana Buddhist philosopher, Ratnākaraśānti
11th-century Buddhist scholar who spent time at Vikramashila, Maitripada