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Nalanda Mahavihara

ancient Hindu-Buddhist monastery in present-day Bihar, India
Organization Mahavihara Q216243

Facts

9 properties

Identity

Instance of
mahavihara, archaeological site, university[4][5]

Location

Country
India[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 25.137°, 85.444°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Nalanda[2]
More facts +5
Area
+23, +57.88[9][10]
Heritage designation
Monument of National Importance, World Heritage Site[7][8]
Maintained by
Archaeological Survey of India, Patna circle[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wiki Loves Monuments in India[13]
World Heritage criteria
(iv), (vi)[11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nalanda Mahavihara en Mahavihara of Nalanda en Nālandā Mahāvihāra ar نالندة ar نالاندا cs Nálanda cs Nalánda da Nālandā da Nalanda el Ναλάντα en-gb Nalanda Mahavihara en-gb Nālandā fr Nalanda fr Nâlandâ fr Nālanda fr Nālandā he נלנדה hi नालन्दा hi नालंदा hi नालन्‍दा
🔖 Identifiers · 28
VIAF cluster ID
54144647637175543962
GND ID
4481600-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Nalanda The Great Stupa.jpg ↗
ASI Monument ID
N-BR-43, N-BR-39
Atlas Obscura place ID
ancient-nalanda-university
BDRC Resource ID
G2CN568
Banglapedia ID (Bangla edition)
নালন্দা_মহাবিহার
Banglapedia ID (English edition)
Nalanda_Mahavihara
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
135410920
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
nf0RE
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
79047
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Nalanda
Show all 28 identifiers +16
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
nalanda
Freebase ID
/m/01cftt
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2105496
GeoNames ID
1262080
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Nalanda
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2246695
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
nalanda-e828f7
Grove Art Online ID
T060819
IdRef ID
050719440
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
859753955
Museum-digital place ID
27206
OpenStreetMap way ID
217765474
Pleiades ID
154636892
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
nalanda
World Heritage Site ID
1502
Yale LUX ID
place/899731cf-a634-4fb7-b4b4-12a3a72defcf

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
university, archaeological site, mahavihara
People born here 3
Abhay Kumar, Bishnu Pada Ray, Veer Pratap Singh
Contained subdivisions 1
Silao
Country 1
India
Heritage designation 1
World Heritage Site
Located in time zone 1
UTC+05:30
Named after 1
Nalanda University
Notable alumni 1
Nagarjuna
← Affiliation 1
Shantideva
← Different from 1
Nalanda University
← FactGrid item ID 1
Waterstock
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Summary

Nalanda Mahavihara is a mahavihara[1].

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Nalanda Mahavihara include Nalanda University[14], a central university[15], in India[16], founded in 2010[17], headquartered in Rajgir[18].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Nalanda University[14], a central university[15], in India[16], founded in 2010[17], headquartered in Rajgir[18].

Related Entities

India Nagarjuna Shantideva university

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . asi.nic.in. asi.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . asi.nic.in. asi.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #43884: redundant value; it should not have a time zone."
  2. 18w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → nf0RE
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  3. 26w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Grove Art Online ID → T060819
    Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID → nalanda
    GND ID → 4481600-5
    Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued) → 859753955
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Removed claim: Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/staroveka-univerzita-nalanda/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see"
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