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  1. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
    1. Alla-ud-din Khilji
    2. Muhammad-bin-Tughlak
    3. Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
    4. Muhammad-bin-Quasim
Correct Option: C

Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji was a Turkic military general of Qutb-ud-din Aybak. It is alleged by some writers that he was responsible for the destruction of Nalanda, which was an ancient Buddhist University in Bihar, India, nearby to the stronghold of
Bihar. The main Persian source for this explains Khalji attacked the fortress unaware that it was a University.



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