Nalanda University (jan 1, 427 – jan 1, 427)

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Nalanda University was founded in 427 CE and a sort of "medieval Ivy League institution" and as the Dalai Lama once stated, "The source of all the Buddhist knowledge we have, has come from Nalanda. The monarchs of the Gupta Empire that founded this Buddhist monastic university were devout Hindus but sympathetic and accepting towards Buddhism, and thus "...The liberal cultural and religious traditions that evolved under their reign would form the core of Nalanda's multidisciplinary academic curriculum, which blended intellectual Buddhism with a higher knowledge in different fields. " - BBC. The ancient medical system of Ayurveda, was widely taught at Nalanda and then migrated to other parts of India via alumni.

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