Nand mahapadmanand Vikramashila was founded by the Pala emperor Dharmapala (783 to 820 AD) in response to a supposed decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda. Vikramashila was one of the two most crucial centers of learning in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda. Its location is now situated at the site of Antichak village, Bhagalpur district in Bihar. It was abraded by the forces of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji around 1193.