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The Pal Empire: Bengal's Forgotten Golden Age
Long before the Mughals or the British, Bengal was the intellectual heart of medieval Asia under the Pala dynasty. This episode explores the rise of Gopala and the consolidation of power by Dharmapala in the 8th century, a period that transformed the region into a sanctuary for Buddhist scholarship. We examine the founding of the great monastic universities at Vikramashila and Nalanda, where scholars from Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia converged to study logic, medicine, and philosophy. The conversation highlights the unique political structure of the Mahajanapadas, the local self-governing…
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