Vikramashila University was one of the two most important centres of Buddhist learning in India, along with Nalanda University. King Dharmapala established Vikramashila mainly because there was a decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda.
Vikramashila University grew to become the intellectual centre for Tantric Buddhism. In the beginning of the 11th century AD, during the reign of King Ramapala, there were one hundred and sixty teachers and a thousand students in the university.
The entire campus was circular in structure. There were 53 rooms meant for tantric practice, another 54 for general use, and 17 monastic cells opening into the verandahs. The university was established primarily to spread Buddhism.
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