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# The University of Nalanda c19.4

The University of Nālandā c19.4

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### [c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sankalia-1934.c19.4)

But Nālandā outgrew the limits of a mere \*Vihāra\* of Buddhistic learning. The \*Vihāra\*, in course of time, taught the tenets and principles not only of Buddhism but also of many other faiths, besides all the secular sciences. Unlike the University of Paris of Mediæval Europe, it could boast of a faculty of medicine (\*Cikitsāvidyā\*).

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