Bihar
Bhagalpur district
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Wildlife & Sanctuary
Bhagalpur, Bihar
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary
“Dolphin sanctuary in Bhagalpur, India”
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India. The sanctuary is a 60 kilometers stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district. notified as Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in 1991, it is the protected area for the endangered Gangetic dolphins in Asia. Once found in abundance, only a few hundred remain, of which half are found here.
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Historical & Forts
Bhagalpur, Bihar
Vikramaśīla University
“Site of a medieval university in India”
Vikramashila was a Buddhist monastic university situated in what is now modern-day Bihar in India. It was founded by King Dharmapala between the late eighth and early ninth centuries.
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- Vikramaśīla University: Unknown author · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons