Nalanda

Proper noun

Meaning

A district of Bihar, India.

(Buddhism) A large Buddhist monastery in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India.

Examples

Amartya Sen converted Nalanda into a club that promotes a certain variant of a modern political agenda in the service of a political party. Amartya Sen

At the age of 12, Jesus followed the ancient Silk Road to India where he spent six years in Puri and Rajgirh, near Nalanda, the ancient seat of Hindu learning. Source: Internet

Nalanda Mahavihara was patronised by several kings and dynasties from the Guptas in the fifth to the Palas in the thirteenth century CE. Source: Internet

The eastern style of painting was mostly developed around the Nalanda school of art. Source: Internet

His highest number on a single day was 19- on October 31, when he took the battle to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s home ground Nalanda. Source: Internet

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