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The University of Nalanda c9.139

The University of Nālandā c9.139

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c9.139

Mālāda was a son of Tikina, guardian of the Northern routes. The peculiarity of the names Mālāda and Tikina which seem un-Sanskritic and the reference to the Northern routes, have led scholars to identify him as a Tukharian.³