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title: Ruins of Nalanda, Bihar
author: Tushar Dayal
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4627/ruins-of-nalanda-bihar/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Ruins of Nalanda, Bihar
_Authored by Tushar Dayal_
## Image File
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## Image Caption
Ruins of the Nalanda University complex, an ancient [Buddhist](https://www.worldhistory.org/buddhism/) center of learning, located in modern-day Bihar, [India](https://www.worldhistory.org/india/). The university flourished under the reign of Harshavardhana (606-647 CE) and had c. 10,000 students.
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Dayal, T. (2016, March 14). Ruins of Nalanda, Bihar. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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