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  2. Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji - Wikipedia

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    [13] [14] The leading centre of teaching for Mahayana Buddhism was Nalanda. At the end of the 12th century, Bakhityar Khilji demolished the Monastery in a brutal sacking. [15] But some historians don't agree and reason that Bakhtiyar's attacks weren't on the Buddhist viharas, and the actual Buddhist sites were already abandoned or in declining ...

  3. Odantapuri - Wikipedia

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    Khaliji destroyed the Nalanda, Vikramashila, and Odantapuri universities during his raids across North Indian plains, massacring many Buddhist and Brahmin scholars. [ 32 ] In around 1193 CE, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, a Turkic chieftain out to make a name for himself, was in the service of a commander in Awadh .

  4. List of university and college name changes in the United ...

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    South Texas Normal School, South Texas State Teachers College, Texas College of Arts & Industries, Texas A&I University 1917, 1925, 1967, 1989 [78] Texas Southmost College: The Junior College of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, The University of Texas at Brownsville – Texas Southmost College, 1931, 1991, 2011 [79] Texas State University

  5. Nalanda mahavihara - Wikipedia

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    Nalanda (IAST: Nālandā, pronounced [naːlən̪d̪aː]) was a renowned Buddhist mahavihara (great monastery) in ancient and medieval Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India.

  6. List of college nickname changes in the United States

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    In the United States, most universities and colleges that sponsor athletics programs have adopted an official nickname for its associated teams. Often, these nicknames have changed for any number of reasons, which might include a change in the name of the school itself, a term becoming dated or otherwise changing meaning, or changes in racial perceptions and sensitivities.

  7. Bihar Sharif - Wikipedia

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    In 1193, during the time of Ikhtiyar ad-Din Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji's conquest of Bihar, he came to conquer eastern parts of India and destroyed Nalanda University. . En route to Nalanda, he allegedly damaged the Buddhist monasteries of a place now called Bakhtiyarp

  8. List of college sports team names and mascots derived from ...

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    The team name was always the Sycamores; Chief Ouabache and "Indian Princess" were the on-field mascots from 1969 to 1989. Chiefs Oklahoma City University: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1998 Stars: Chiefs Springfield College: Springfield, Massachusetts: 1995 Pride Change was made voluntarily without protest on either side. [26] Chiefs

  9. List of destroyed libraries - Wikipedia

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    City partially destroyed, libraries sacked and burned. [21] Nalanda: Nalanda India 1193 Bakhtiyar Khilji: Nalanda University complex (the most renowned repository of Buddhist knowledge in the world at the time) was sacked by Turkic Muslim invaders under the perpetrator; this event is seen as a milestone in the decline of Buddhism in India. [22]