Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Nalanda mahavihara" in English language version.
The claims for the historicity of Nalanda are based on literary and epigraphical sources, which identify it as the birth-place of Buddha's disciple Säriputta. Ashoka is said to have built a temple in the third century BCE and the site owes its popularity as a university to the archaeologist Hasmukh D. Sankalia.
Nalanda was also the most global university of its time, attracting pupils and scholars from Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia and Turkey.
Nalanda was also the most global university of its time, attracting pupils and scholars from Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia and Turkey.