Nalanda: The great university
The Nalanda Safarnama is a 5.1 km route across 4 stops, from Nava Nalanda Mahavihara to Nalanda Mahavihara, part of the Buddhist Circuit. See the whole trail.
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara is a deemed university at Nalanda, established in 1951 under Rajendra Prasad to revive the ancient seat of learning.
Xuanzang Memorial Hall
Xuanzang, the 7th-century Chinese monk, scholar and translator, studied at Nalanda, and his travelogue, the Records of the Western Regions, is a key source on the university. Its library supplied many of the Sanskrit texts pilgrims like him carried to East Asia.
Nalanda Archaeological Museum
Sculptures, coins, seals and inscriptions found in the ruins of Nalanda are on display in the Nalanda Archaeological Museum nearby, among them a large image of Avalokiteshvara found near a stairway shrine.
Nalanda Mahavihara
Nalanda was a great Buddhist monastery in ancient Magadha, often called the world's first residential university. It operated for almost a thousand years, from 427 CE until around 1400 CE.