Nalanda museum

Nalanda museum is a museum in Silao, Nalanda, Bihar. Nalanda museum is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Wat Thai Nalanda.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nalanda and Nalanda railway station.

Nalanda

Park

Photo: Uphogaphy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nalanda was a renowned Buddhist mahavihara in medieval Magadha, eastern India. Widely considered to be among the greatest centres of learning in the ancient world and often referred to as "the world's first residential university", it was located near the city of Rajagriha, roughly 90 kilometres southeast of Pataliputra. Nalanda is situated 470 metres west of Nalanda museum.

Nalanda railway station

Railway station

Nalanda railway station, station code NLD, is a railway station and under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Nalanda is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi–Kolkata main line via Mugalsarai–Patna route. Nalanda railway station is situated 2 km southeast of Nalanda museum.

Deepnagar Halt railway station

Railway stop

Deepnagar Halt railway station is a halt railway station on the Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line under the Danapur railway division of East Central Railway zone. It is situated beside National Highway 82 at Deep Nagar in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. Deepnagar Halt railway station is situated 4 km east of Nalanda museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nalanda and Bihar Sharif.

Nalanda

Photo: Srijitakundan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nalanda is the site of a famous Buddhist university or mahāvihāra in the Indian state of Bihar. The university complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Bihar Sharif

Photo: Abhishek.chandan, Public domain.

Bihar Sharif is a town of 300,000 people in Bihar, India. It is east of the Paimar River, a tributary of the Ganges River. The old centre of town has examples of medieval Islamic architecture, such as the Bukhari Mosque.

Nalanda museum

Type: Museum
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Silao, Nalanda, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

25.1357° or 25° 8′ 9″ north

Longitude

85.44832° or 85° 26′ 54″ east

Open location code

7MQ74CPX+78

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2081745321

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wat Thai Nalanda and Jain temple.

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