The University of Nalanda c24.20

c24.20

Vikramaśilā, mentioned, 85, 102, 124, 145, 168; number of students at, 169; Door-keepers of, 174, 183; sister University of, 180; the rise of, 181; founder of, 181, the site of, 181, 182; royal patrons of, 182; Dharmapāla and, 182; Atīśa and, 182, 184; description of, 182; studies of, 183; figure of Nāgārjuna at, 183; convocation at, 184, 185; professorial staff at, 186; degree at, 186; student life at, 187; end of, 189; compared with, 189; Tāntrism and, 190; destroyed in, 212, 213; wall at, 213.