Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

The University of Nalanda c9.151

The University of Nālandā c9.151

Language
English

c9.151

His son Dharmapāladeva must have patronised the University in some manner or another. This conjecture is supported by a recent discovery of a copperplate at Nālandā.¹ But it is so hopelessly defaced that beyond the legend *Dharmapāladevaḥ* which is inscribed on a seal soldered at the top and engraved in one line below the *Dharmacakra* and the fact that it was issued from a royal camp nothing can be made out.