Vikramshila
A Pala university that rivalled Nalanda, destroyed around 1200, its central stupa now excavated and squared.
- Where
- Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.3200, 87.2800
Get the Vikramshila stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Vikramshila. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bihar volume with your photos and a note.
Near Vikramshila
Vikramaśīla University 0.8 km
The ruins of a Buddhist university founded by Dharmapala, ranked in its own day alongside Nalanda.
Jalalgarh Fort 52 km
A mud and brick fort losing to the forest.
Mandar Parvat 59 km
The hill the gods are said to have churned the ocean with, in Banka, with a rope mark round it.
Munger Fort 82 km
A fort on a rock above the south bank of the Ganga at Munger.
Farakka Barrage 87 km
A barrage across the Ganga in Murshidabad, built through the 1960s, eighteen kilometres short of the Bangladesh border.
Adina Mosque 91 km
Once the largest mosque in the subcontinent, built for the Bengal Sultanate at Pandua, with its builder buried inside it.
Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary 91 km
Kulik, near Raiganj, where a hundred and sixty four kinds of bird have been counted.
Gour 94 km
A sultanate capital gone back to fields and brick.
More national monuments in Bihar
Questions
Where is Vikramshila?
Vikramshila is in Bhagalpur, Bihar. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Vikramaśīla University (0.8 km), Jalalgarh Fort (52 km), Mandar Parvat (59 km).
How do I get the Vikramshila stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Vikramshila and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bihar volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Vikramshila before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bihar volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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