Lost & found: Gujarat town & university dating to 300 CE | India News – The Times of India
AHMEDABAD: Present-day Vallabhipur, 40km from Bhavnagar, is a town in Gujarat with 15,000 people. But between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE, it was the seat of the Maitrakas, one of the region’s early rulers. The town was famed for its university, Valabhi Vidyapith, which was compared with Nalanda in Bihar by Chinese travellers Xuanzang…