Nalanda - In the 5th century CE a monastic university was established at Nalanda that was eventually to develop into the greatest ancient centre of Buddhist learning. Students from China and Korea, Sri Lanka and Indonesia and from all the regions of India came to Nalanda to study. When Hsuen Tsang was studying at Nalanda in the 7th century there were 1510 teachers and 8500 students. Great thinkers like Nagarjuna, the Mahayana Buddhist Philosopher, Dharmapala the Brahman scholar, Aryadeva, and Padmasambhava taught here.
