Buddhist architecture developed in three forms:

(i)                  Stupa- relics of the Buddha or some prominent Buddhist monks are preserved

(ii)                Chaitya _Prayer hall

(iii)               Vihara _ residence

 

Buddhist Unuiversities	Place	Founder
Nalanda	Badagaon, Bihar	Kumargupta I (Gupta ruler)
Odantpuri	Biharsharif, Bihar	Gopala ( Pala ruler)
Vikramshila	Bhagalpur, Bihar	Dharmapala (Pala ruler)
Somapuri	North Bengal	Dharmapala  (pala ruler)
Jagadal	Bengal	Ramapala (Pala rular)
Vallabhi	Gujarat	Bhatterka ( Maitrak ruler)

            Royal Patrons : Bimbisara and Ajatashatru (Magadhan ruler), Presenjit (Kosala ruler), Udayan (Vatsa ruler). Prdyota (Avanti ruler ). Ashoka and Dasharatha ( Mauryan ruler). Milinda /Menander ( Indo- greek ruler), Kanishka ( Kushana ruler ). Harshavardhana  (Vardhana ruler); Gopala , Dharmapala and Pampala (Pala ruler).

·         Note_ (i)  Ashoka , the greatest patron of Buddhism , called 3^rd Buddhist council and sent mission comprise s of his son Mahendra and his daughter Sanghamitra to SriLanka.

·         Kanishka called 4^th Buddhist council and sent mission to China, Korea and Japan.

·         Palas of Bengal and Bihar were last great patrons of Buddhism.