<P> A list of Sanskrit universities is given below in chronological order of establishment: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year Est . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Location </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1791 </Td> <Td> Government Sanskrit College, Benares </Td> <Td> Varanasi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1821 </Td> <Td> Poona Sanskrit College </Td> <Td> Pune </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1824 </Td> <Td> Sanskrit College, Calcutta </Td> <Td> Kolkata </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1876 </Td> <Td> Sadvidya Pathashala </Td> <Td> Mysore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1915 </Td> <Td> Baroda Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya </Td> <Td> Vadodara </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University </Td> <Td> Darbhanga </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha </Td> <Td> Tirupati </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha </Td> <Td> New Delhi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan </Td> <Td> New Delhi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University </Td> <Td> Puri </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> Nepal Sanskrit University </Td> <Td> Nepal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit </Td> <Td> Kalady, Kerala </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University </Td> <Td> Ramtek </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University </Td> <Td> Jaipur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Uttarakhand Sanskrit University </Td> <Td> Haridwar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Shree Somnath Sanskrit University </Td> <Td> Somnath - Veraval </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Maharshi Panini Sanskrit Evam Vedic Vishwavidyalaya </Td> <Td> Ujjain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Karnataka Samskrit University </Td> <Td> Bangalore </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year Est . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Location </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1791 </Td> <Td> Government Sanskrit College, Benares </Td> <Td> Varanasi </Td> </Tr>

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