The Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila in Bihar were destroyed during the invasions of
Mahmaud of Ghazni
Muhammad Ghori
Bakhtiyar Khalji
Ali Mardan Khalji
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Muhammad Ghori
B
Ali Mardan Khalji
C
Mahmaud of Ghazni
D
Bakhtiyar Khalji
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Nalanda and Vikramshila were the two most important centers of learning in India during the Pala Empire. But in 1193 army led by the Turkish leader Bakhtiyar Khilji who was the general of Qutubuddin Aibak destroyed them.
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