Nalanda district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. Bihar Sharif is the administrative headquarters of this district. The districts is home to the ancient Nalanda Mah
Nalanda Univercity
Son Bhandar Caves, Rajgir
Bihar Sharif is the headquarters of Nalanda district and the fifth-largest sub-metropolitan area in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Its name is a combination of two words: Bihar, derived from vihar
Nalanda district
…Nalanda district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. Bihar Sharif is the administrative headquarters of this district. The districts is home to the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nalanda is…
Top to bottom: The City Skyline, Tomb of Ibrahim Baya, Mora Talab Temple, View of Peer Pahadi from NH 20, An institutional block at K. K. University
Inscriptions on the Bihar Sharif pillar
Photograph of the old ruined gate of the fort at Bihar Sharif from 1870s. The fort is believed to have been part of Odantapuri.
Bakhtiyar Khalji's massacre of Buddhist monks in Bihar, India. Khaliji destroyed the Nalanda, Vikramashila, and Odantapuri universities during his raids across North Indian plains, massacring many Buddhist and Brahmin scholars.