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Nalanda was the greatest Buddhist university in history, founded in the 5th century CE and attracting scholars from across Asia for over 700 years. At its height it housed over 10,000 monks and students and contained one of the largest libraries of the ancient world. Nagarjuna, Chandrakirti, Dharmakirti, and Shantarakshita all studied or taught here. The Tibetan Buddhist intellectual tradition traces its philosophical roots directly to Nalanda. The extensive ruins — brick temples, monasteries, and stupas — are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A nearby modern Nalanda university has been re-established. For practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, visiting Nalanda is an act of homage to the source of the philosophical and contemplative tradition one has inherited.
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