The University of Nalanda c11.131

c11.131

We have the most trustworthy account of Viradeva who was appointed governor of Nālandā by King Devapāla.¹ This Viradeva was a resident of Nagarhāra (in the vicinity of modern Jalalabad²). He probably came to Nālandā, thinking it to be the only place in India which would recognise his merits and honour him accordingly. For, as the inscription says, "He had studied all the Vēdas and reflected on the śāstras."³ 'This quintessence of intelligence', as the inscription calls him, was highly revered by the king. And the king, perhaps, translated his appreciation of the man into action by getting him appointed by the decree of the monks as a permanent governor of Nālandā.⁴