Nalanda photos
3 pictures of Nalanda in Nalanda district — Red-brick ruins of Nalanda Mahavihara, which housed ten thousand students from the 5th to 12th century CE. Walk the excavated monasteries, then visit the museum and the Xuanzang Memorial Hall. Each is captioned with what it shows; tap any to enlarge the credit. Read the Nalanda guide.
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Temple 3 — Sariputra's stupa
5th–7th c. · the great stupa · South end of the excavated site
Seven rebuildings nested one inside another, the outer one a terraced pyramid with corner towers still carrying stucco Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Climb the stairway for the only overview of the whole campus.
Anishkumr198028 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Monastery 1 & the student cells
Mahavihara · East side of the main avenue
Eleven monasteries in a row, each a courtyard ringed by cells with stone beds, a shrine opposite the gate, a well and ovens in the corner. Monastery 1 was rebuilt nine times; the lowest level is a metre below today's path.
Sumitsurai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Xuanzang Memorial Hall
China–India · 1957–2007 · 2 km, Rajgir road
A Chinese-roofed hall and garden honouring the pilgrim who studied here in the 630s, with a relic (a skull fragment) and murals of his journey. Built with Chinese help; quiet and cool in the afternoon.
Rohit Sharma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source