The University of Nalanda c9.66

c9.66

A saṅghārāma, then, was the starting point of the University. The history of the University from this period onwards,—the history of its buildings—of its maintenance, etc., we have subsumed under the title the “Royal Patrons of Nālandā”. Because thus only we can describe the part played by the rulers of different dynasties the Guptas, the Vardhanas, the Maukhāris, the Pālas and the Senas, in the development, maintenance and the preservation of the University.