Founding of Nalanda
A university that drew students from all over Asia
The Buddhist monastery of Nalanda was founded under the Gupta king Kumaragupta I, around 427 by various estimates. It grew into a vast centre of learning with dormitories, temples and a famous library; Chinese pilgrims report thousands of monks from China, Korea, Tibet and Indonesia living and studying there. Around 1200 Nalanda was sacked by the troops of Bakhtiyar Khalji.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 410 Sack of Rome by the Visigoths — 17 years earlier
Middle East
- c. 405 Mesrop Mashtots creates the Armenian alphabet — 22 years earlier
Americas
- c. 431 Ilopango eruption — 4 years later
Alive at the time
- Augustine of Hippo (aged 73)
- Attila (aged 21)