Nalanda through time

Now Nalanda, near Rajgir, Bihar

Theme 10 · 319 to 550 CE
The Gupta empire
Founded under Kumaragupta I; the greatest monastic university of the ancient world, lasting to the end of the twelfth century
Theme 12b · 606 to 1036 CE
North India: Harsha, Palas, Pratiharas
Xuanzang describes ten thousand students, with free food and lodging; the Sailendra king sought Devapala's leave to build a monastery here