The Growth of Nalanda University under Gupta Patronage

427 CE · Nalanda, Bihar · cultural

With the support of the Gupta rulers, Nalanda became Asia's first institutional center of higher education, teaching grammar, logic, medicine, mathematics and Buddhist philosophy to 10,000 students.

| The world's first large-scale academic institution; the classical precursor of the modern idea of a university.

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What was The Growth of Nalanda University under Gupta Patronage?
With the support of the Gupta rulers, Nalanda became Asia's first institutional center of higher education, teaching grammar, logic, medicine, mathematics and Buddhist philosophy to 10,000 students.
When did The Growth of Nalanda University under Gupta Patronage happen?
427 CE
Where did The Growth of Nalanda University under Gupta Patronage take place?
Nalanda, Bihar