The correct answer is option 2, i.e. Dharmapala.
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Vikramashila University was founded by ________.
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Dharmapala
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Vikramashila University:
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- Vikramashila was one of the two most important centers of learning in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda.
- Its location is now the site of Antichak village, Bhagalpur district in Bihar.
- Vikramashila was one of the largest Buddhist universities, with more than one hundred teachers and about one thousand students.
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Dharmapala:
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- Dharmapala was the second ruler of the Pala Empire of Bengal region in the Indian Subcontinent.
- He was the son and successor of Gopala, the founder of the Pala Dynasty.
- He greatly expanded the boundaries of the empire and made the Palas a dominant power in the northern and eastern India.
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