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The greatest royal patron of the University of Nalanda was/ were:
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King Harsha of Kannauj
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Pala kings Dharmapala and Devapala
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King Balaputradeva of Sumatra
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The Gupta king Chandragupta II, Vikramaditya
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -He was one of the kings in the Hindu dynasty of the Guptas. Further, numismatic evidence discovered at Nalanda corroborate that Kumaragupta I was the founder patron of the Nalanda monastery-university.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nalanda flourished under the patronage of the Gupta Empire in the 5th and 6th centuries and later under Harsha, the emperor of Kannauj.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. Hieun Tsang visited Nalanda University and studied there.
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