--- title: "Who established Nalanda Mahavihara?" description: "Who established Nalanda Mahavihara?" author: "Uthkarsh pal" published: 2018-02-07 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34211/who-established-nalanda-mahavihara category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["history"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Who established Nalanda Mahavihara? Who established Nalanda Mahavihara? ## Answers ### Answer by akriti kashyap ## Nalanda Mahavihara! ![Who established Nalanda Mahavihara?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/80fed829-b2f2-47e7-b391-11afd218d566/images/c94fb730-364d-4431-ab1d-6708afa0b566.png)\ In **1951**, the **Nava Nalanda Mahavihara** (New Nalanda Mahavihara), an advanced place for **Pali** and **Buddhism** in the soul of the old organization, was established by the **Government of Bihar** near **Nalanda's remains at the recommendation of Dr. Rajendra Prasad**, **India's first president**. It was considered to be a college in **2006**. ***Well, hanging on its history further would really be the factor which would amaze you...*** ***\******Here it goes..!*** \ **Nalanda** was an acclaimed **Mahavihara**, a vast **Buddhist religious community** in the old kingdom of **Magadha (advanced Bihar) in India**. The site is situated around **95 kilometers** **southeast of Patna** close to the town of **Bihar Sharif** and was a center of gaining knowledge from the **5th century CE to c. 1200 CE**. It is a **UNESCO World Heritage Site.** **\**The exceptionally formalized techniques for Vedic learning propelled the foundation of expansive teaching establishments, for example, **Taxila**, **Nalanda**, and **Vikramashila** which are frequently described as India's initial universities. **Nalanda** thrived under the support of the **Gupta Empire** in the **fifth** and **sixth hundreds** of years and later under **Harsha**, the **ruler of Kannauj**. The liberal social customs acquired from the **Gupta age** brought about a time of development and success until the ninth century. The resulting hundreds of years were a period of steady decay, a period amid which the tantric advancements of Buddhism turned out to be most articulated in eastern India under the **Pala Empire**. At its pinnacle, the school pulled in researchers and understudies from close and far with some voyaging the distance from **Tibet**, **China**, **Korea**, and **Central Asia**. **Archeological** proof likewise notes contact with the **Shailendra Dynasty of Indonesia**, one of whose rulers assembled a religious community in the complex.\ Quite a bit of our insight into Nalanda originates from the compositions of pioneer priests from **East Asia**, for example, **Xuanzang** and **Yijing** who set out to the **Mahavihara** in the **seventh century**. **Vincent Smith** commented that "**a brief history of Nalanda would be a past filled with Mahayanist Buddhism**". A significant number of the names recorded by **Xuanzang** in his travelogue as results of **Nalanda** are the names of the individuals who built up the rationality of Mahayana. All students at Nalanda examined Mahayana and the writings of the **eighteen** (Hinayana) organizations of **Buddhism**. Their educational modules additionally included different subjects, for example, the **Vedas, rationale, Sanskrit grammar, pharmaceutical** and **Samkhya.****\****Nalanda** was stripped and wrecked by a multitude of the **Mamluk Dynasty** of the **Delhi Sultanate** under **Bakhtiyar Khilji in c. 1200 CE.** While a few sources take note of that the **Mahavihara** kept on working in a temporary design for some time longer, it was in the long run deserted and overlooked until the point that the **nineteenth** century when the site was reviewed and preparatory unearthings were led by the **Archeological** **Survey** of **India**. Deliberate unearthings started in **1915** which uncovered eleven religious communities and six block sanctuaries perfectly masterminded on grounds **12 hectares** (30 sections of land) in the region. A trove of **sculpture**, **coins**, **seals**, and **engravings** have likewise been found in the remnants huge numbers of which are in plain view in the Nalanda Archeological Museum arranged close-by. Nalanda is currently a remarkable vacationer destination and a piece of the Buddhist tourism circuit.***\******Well, this being one of the parts of our nation's golden history...!***\ **Cheers!**\ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34211/who-established-nalanda-mahavihara Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.