INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

NORTHEN PLALNS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is one of the oldest Centres of learning.
A
Nalanda
B
Karnool
C
Nagpur
D
Nagaland
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nalanda is an ancient center of higher learning in Bihar, India from 427 to 1197. Nalanda was established in the 5th century AD in Bihar, India. Founded in 427 in northeastern India, not far from what is today the southern border of Nepal, it survived until 1197.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taxila university was one of the oldest universities of the world with which were associated a number of renowned learned personalities of different disciplines. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered as a university in the modern sense.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nalanda University was a great center of learning especially in Buddhism.

Detailed explanation-4: -More than 500 years before Oxford University was founded, India’s Nalanda University was home to nine million books and attracted 10, 000 students from around the world.

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