What do Xuanzang's accounts tell us about Nalanda?
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Correct answer: It was a large and famous learning centre
Xuanzang visited Nalanda and described it as a major centre of Buddhist learning with monasteries, teachers and students. His account helps historians understand its institutional scale and intellectual reputation, though traveller accounts also reflect the observer’s purpose and perspective. Nalanda was not merely a fort, an Indus port or an uninhabited place. Thus, option A is correct.
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It was a large and famous learning centre
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Xuanzang visited Nalanda and described it as a major centre of Buddhist learning with monasteries, teachers and students. His account helps historians understand its institutional scale and intellectual reputation, though traveller accounts also reflect the observer’s purpose and perspective. Nalanda was not merely a fort, an Indus port or an uninhabited place. Thus, option A is correct.
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This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: The French Revolution.
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