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Glimpse of the ruins of ancient Nalanda University in Bihar, India. Nalanda was an acclaimed Mahāvihāra, a large Buddhist monastery in ancient Magadha (modern-day Bihar), India. The site is located about 95 kilometres southeast of Patna near the city of Bihar Sharif, and was a centre of learning from the fifth century CE to c. 1200 CE. 149 Historians often characterize Nalanda as a university. Nalanda flourished under the patronage of the Gupta Empire as well as emperors like Harsha and later, the rulers of the Pala Empire. :329 At its peak, the school attracted scholars and students from as far away as Tibet, China, Korea, and Central Asia. :169 It was very likely ransacked and destroyed by an army of the Muslim Mamluk Dynasty under Bakhtiyar Khilji in c. 1200 CE. Source:- Wikipedia This
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