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The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda Univers was - |
| A. | Alla-ud-din Khilji |
| B. | Muhammad-bin-Tughlak |
| C. | Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar |
| D. | Muhammad-bin-Quasim |
| Answer» C. Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar | |
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Explanation: Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji was a Turkic military general of Qutb-ud-din Aybak. It is alleged by some writers that he was responsible for the destruction of Nalanda, which was an ancient Buddhist University in Bihar, India, nearby to the stronghold Bihar. The main Persian source for this explains Khalii attacked the fortress unaware that it was a University. |
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