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  1. Who destroyed the Nalanda University in 1193 AD and burnt it down ?
    1. Muizuddin Muhammad Ghori
    2. Ikhtiyaruddin Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khilji
    3. Mahmud Ghazni
    4. Qutubuddin Aibak
Correct Option: B

Bakhtiyar Khilji destroyed the Nalanda University in 1193 AD and burnt it down. In 1193, the Nalanda University was sacked by Bakhtiyar Khilji, a Truk. This event is seen by scholars as a late milestone in the decline of Buddhism in India. The Persian historian Minihaj-i-Siraj reported this event in his chronocle the Tabaquat-i-Nasiri.



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