c. 401 AD–c. 1300 AD
Nalanda as a monastic-scholastic network
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Monasticism and philosophy
Nalanda joins learning, monasticism, and trans-Asian contacts for centuries; it is not equivalent to a modern university.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- century · approximate
- End
- century · approximate
- Dating in the source document
- ~ siglos V–XIII
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
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Sources
- UNESCO — Nālandā (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification: the source could not be accessed
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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