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title: "Facts about Nalanda University, Bihar"  
description: "Bihar’s culture, history and historical sites are mentioned in the golden pages of the history of India. Here's some facts about Nalanda University"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1754/facts-about-nalanda-university-bihar  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Nalanda University", "nalanda University facts", "Nalanda University Bihar"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Facts about Nalanda University, Bihar

![Facts about Nalanda University Bihar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7067ac29-0982-44d3-8c13-107bf6006837/images/6d77ed08-2a9d-4294-af3d-eb51df512655.jpeg) ![Facts about Nalanda University Bihar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7067ac29-0982-44d3-8c13-107bf6006837/images/1d0d4ada-3a32-4706-b504-74417638fd71.jpeg) Nalanda University was founded during Gupta dynasty ![Facts about Nalanda University Bihar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7067ac29-0982-44d3-8c13-107bf6006837/images/77b75d47-6584-4bcf-8576-927483758c8e.jpeg) The university was attacked thrice by the invaders- Huns, Gaudas and Bhaktiyar Khilji ![Facts about Nalanda University Bihar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7067ac29-0982-44d3-8c13-107bf6006837/images/59263126-75a1-4871-87a7-1f97f5297263.jpeg) Some of the very famous scholars studied at Nalanda University include Dharmapala, Vasubandhu, etc ![Facts about Nalanda University Bihar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7067ac29-0982-44d3-8c13-107bf6006837/images/9ff45876-1389-4a25-9c51-401f7dbebfd1.jpeg) The library kept burning for more than 5 months ![Facts about Nalanda University Bihar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7067ac29-0982-44d3-8c13-107bf6006837/images/0d04e2ad-e027-47bf-9f0a-ba8ddbc539e5.jpeg) Ruins still have a lot to say ![Facts about Nalanda University Bihar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7067ac29-0982-44d3-8c13-107bf6006837/images/648860b1-0303-44f9-ac15-6de5900c84cf.jpeg) At that time it was the only international university in the world ![Facts about Nalanda University Bihar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7067ac29-0982-44d3-8c13-107bf6006837/images/2c620f42-1a9b-4c80-8953-b8b17e4c630d.jpeg) The glory of the library was matchless

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