The University of Nalanda c7.135
The University of Nālandā c7.135
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Aṣaṅga and Vasubandhu, thus, made invaluable contribution to the development of Buddhist philosophy. They, it is possible, did all this, while residing at Nālandā. Both Āsaṅga and Vasubandhu, as Taranath tells us were great paṇḍits of Nālandā.¹ We have mentioned them here in connection with the rise of the University of Nālandā, simply because they flourished in such a period, 420-500 A.D. that it is possible that they may have been doing all their work just when the University was being recognised officially, by King Śakrāditya (Kumāragupta I) who provided new *saṅghārāmas* for the lodging of students;² and that they went to Nālandā, when it had just come into existence.