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The University of Nalanda c14.17

The University of Nālandā c14.17

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c14.17

Stripped of its legendary garb, one thing clearly emerges from the tradition that the University was founded by King Dharmapāla. To us, it appears that in order to satisfy the desire for antiquity, for mysticism, for something supernatural the true historical fact was given a supernatural appearance.