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Nalanda

Nalanda is the site of a famous Buddhist university or mahāvihāra in the state of . The university complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Highlights include Nalanda and Nalanda railway station.

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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.

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.

Railway stop
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 in the Indian state of .

Nalanda

Latitude
25.1368° or 25° 8′ 13″ north
Longitude
85.4438° or 85° 26′ 38″ east
Open location code
7MQ74CPV+PG
Wiki­data ID
Q124218555
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Hindi—“Nalanda” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “নালন্দা”
  • Hindi: “नालंदा”

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