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Nalanda was an acclaimed Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery in ancient Magadha (modern-day Bihar), India.

Nalanda may also refer to:

• Nalanda district, an administrative district of Bihar, India
• Nalanda (Lok Sabha constituency), a Lok Sabha constituency
• Nalanda Gedige, an ancient temple in Sri Lanka
• Nalanda, a village in Matale District, Sri Lanka
• Nalanda (genus), a beetle genus

Education

• Nalanda Boys' Central College, a boys' school in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka
• Nalanda College, Biharsharif, a college in Bihar Sharif, Bihar, India
• Nalanda College, Colombo, a school in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Nalanda Girls' College, a girls' school in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka
• Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya, Elpitiya, a school in Elpitiya, Sri Lanka
• Nalanda Open University, a university at Patna, Bihar, India
• Nalanda University, a.k.a. Nalanda International University, a university (opened 2014) near the ruins of Nalanda, Bihar, India
• The Karma Shri Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Rumtek monastery, an affiliate of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University in Varanasi, India
• Nalanda Monastery (France), a Tibetan Buddhist center affiliated with the FPMT

See also

• All pages beginning with Nalanda

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