Decline of the Nalanda Buddhist Center

Name: Decline of the Nalanda Buddhist Center
Start: 1157

Type Event Region Bihar Time 1157

Around 1157, the great Magadha monastery of Nalanda continued to decline amid Pala weakness and the rise of the Sena dynasty;…

Timeline

1100–1157Nalanda · BiharThe Pala royal house diverted large estates and funding to newer great monasteries such as Vikramashila and Odantapuri; Nalanda's traditional system of supporting a large sangha and library could no longer be sustained, and enrollment and scholarly output fell markedly.
1155–1160Magadha · BiharAfter Vijaya Sena unified Bengal, he promoted orthodox Hinduism and a Brahmin administrative network; political patronage of the Buddhist great monasteries of Magadha weakened further. Though Nalanda had not yet suffered military destruction, it was already marginalized in the regional religious landscape.

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