LITERARY HERITAGE OF INDIA. — Social Science STD 10 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceLITERARY HERITAGE OF INDIA.3 Marks
Question
Write a short note on India's ancient Vidhyapith Vallabhi.
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Answer
$>$In $7th$ century $A.D$, Vallabhi was the most popular learning centre of Gujarat.
$>$ The rulers of Maitrak dynasty and its citizens played an important role in establishing vallabhi as a centre for learning.
$>$ The Buddhist monks used to live here in the $7th$ century and propogated the Hinayana sect of Buddhism.
$▷$ Brahmins and other students came here for further studies from the plains of Ganga and Yamuna.
$>$ The Chinese pilgrim It sing has noted that Vallabhi completed with the well known learning centre Nalanda at that time.
$>$ From $480\ AD$ to $775\ AD$ Vallabhi was a capital and an international port too.
$>$ The names of very well known people were put up on the gates of Vallabhi. The scholars proved themselves and achieved high positions in the king's courts.
$>$ Students from different countries used to come here for studies and therefore it was a Vidyapith $($University$)$ in true sense.
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