First Set Up Of Hilltop Buddhist Monastery Excavated At Bihar

The first set up of a Buddhist monastery located at the top of a hill in the Gangetic Valley has been discovered at Bihar's Lakhisarai district.The monastery is believed to be a great centre of Mahayana Buddhism. Excavators have claimed that it was a Vihara, named Srimaddharmaviharik aryabhiksusanghasya - the sealing of the council of monks of Srimaddharma Vihara. Moreover, the site has been mentioned in Buddhist Literature as Krimila.