Nalanda
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.
- Park
- …dates from the 5th century
- Description: ancient Hindu-Buddhist monastery in present-day Bihar, India
- Postal code: 803111
- Also known as“Mahavihara of Nalanda”“Nālandā Mahāvihāra”
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Latitude
25.13647° or 25° 8′ 11″ north
Longitude
85.4437° or 85° 26′ 37″ east
Open location code
7MQ74CPV+HF
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yoruba—“Nalanda” goes by many names.
NalandaAlbanian
نالانداArabic
نالندةArabic
নালন্দা মহাবিহাৰAssamese
प्राचीन नालंदा विश्वविद्यालयAwadhi
NalandaBalinese
NalandaBasque
НаландаBelarusian
নালন্দাBengali
নালন্দা মহাবিহারBengali
নালন্দা মহাবিহার বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়Bengali
नालंदाBhojpuri
प्राचीन नालंदा विश्वविद्यालयBhojpuri
НаландаBulgarian
NalandaCatalan
NāḷandāCebuano
NalëndaCebuano
那兰陀寺Chinese
那烂陀Chinese
那烂陀寺Chinese
那爛陀大學Chinese
那爛陀寺Chinese
NalandaCroatian
NalándaCzech
NālandāDanish
NalandaDutch
Nalanda (stad)Dutch
نالانداEgyptian Arabic
NālandāEsperanto
NalandoEsperanto
NālandāEstonian
NalandaFinnish
ნალანდაGeorgian
ΝαλάνταGreek
nalandaGujarati
NalandaHausa
נלנדהHebrew
नालंदाHindi
नालन्दाHindi
नालन्दा महाविहारHindi
NálandaHungarian
NalandaIndonesian
NālandāItalian
ナーランダJapanese
ナーランダーJapanese
ナーランダ僧院Japanese
ನಳಂದKannada
ನಳಂದ ಅವಶೇಷಗಳುKannada
НаландаKazakh
나란다 사Korean
나란타Korean
나란타사Korean
날란다Korean
날란다 대승원Korean
NāḷandāLatin
NālandaLatvian
NalandaLithuanian
नालन्दाMagahi
नालन्दा महाविहारMagahi
नालन्दाMaithili
नालन्दा महाविहारMaithili
NalandaMalay
NalandaMalayalam
നളന്ദ സർവകലാശാലMalayalam
നളന്ദ സർവ്വകലാശാലMalayalam
നാളന്ദMalayalam
Nalanda MahaviharaMaltese
नालंदाMarathi
НаландаMongolian
नालंदाNepali
नालन्दाNepali
नालन्दाNewari
NālandāNorwegian
NālandāNorwegian Bokmål
ନାଳନ୍ଦାOriya
NāḷandāPali
𑀦𑀸𑀴𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀸Pali
نالانداPersian
NalandaPolish
نالانداPushto
Universitatea NalandaRomanian
НаландаRussian
नलन्दाविश्वविद्यालयःSanskrit
नालंदाSanskrit
नालन्दाSanskrit
नालन्दानगरम्Sanskrit
नालन्दामहाविहारःSanskrit
Universidade de NalandaSardinian
නාලන්දාSinhala
නාලන්දාවSinhala
NálandaSlovak
NalandaSlovenian
NalandaSwedish
நாலந்தாTamil
நாளந்தாTamil
నలందాTelugu
నలందా విశ్వవిద్యాలయంTelugu
นาลันทาThai
นาลันทามหาวิหารThai
ནྰ་ལན་དྰ་དགོན།Tibetan
NalandaTurkish
НаландаUkrainian
نالندہUrdu
نالنڈاUrdu
NālandāVenetian
NalandaVietnamese
那烂陀寺Wu Chinese
NalandaYoruba
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