The University of Nalanda c11.26
The University of Nālandā c11.26
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c11.26
The date of the founder of the monastery is easily established. For he is referred to by the Valabhi Grant of Dharasena I³ as Ācāryya Bhadanta Sthiramati, who built the Vihāra Bappapāda at Valabhi. The grant is made in Saṃvat 269 which, we think, is the Gupta Saṃvat. The reasons for assuming this Saṃvat are mainly two.