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Nalanda housed 10,000 students from 20 countries.
2026-12-05
Ancient India built universities 1,000 years before Oxford.
Nalanda housed 10,000 students from 20 countries. Its library had 9 floors. Oxford was founded 600 years after Nalanda was already ancient.
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