Verma said that Tiladhak ancient university was set up in 5th century during the Gupta period.

He said that remains of this ancient university were found during excavation of a 45-foot high mound.

"We have also found a huge floor, statues of bronze and stone and over 100 seals," he said.

The excavation at Telhara site was started in 2009 after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took special interest in it. Nitish Kumar has announced that specimen from the site would be housed in the proposed International Museum in Patna.

Last week Nobel laureate Amartya Sen visited Telhara excavation site and was impressed by the discovery, Verma said.

According to Verma, Heuen Tsang has given a graphic account of a cluster of as many as seven Buddhist monasteries flourishing at "Teleadaka", also called "Tiladhak", at Telhara site, where about a thousand monks studied under the Mahayana school of Buddhism.
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