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The Vikramasila University was founded by …………. .

A

Ashoka

B

Dharmapala

C

Chandragupta I

D

Bimbisara

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B
Vikramasila University was founded by Dharmpala. It prospered for about four centuries before it was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji along with the other major centres fo Buddhism in India around 1193.
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