Q54
Name the Muslim Invader who destroyed Nalanda University?
A.
Allaudin Khalji
B.
Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
C.
Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar
AnswerD.
Muhammad Bin Qasim
Answer: Option C
Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Nalanda was very likely ransacked and destroyed by an army of the Mamluk Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate under Bakhtiyar Khilji in c. 1200 CE. Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji was the military
general of Qutb-ud-Din Aibak. He burned Nalanda University and Vikramshila University in 1193.