The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Muhammad-bin-Tughlak
(C) Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
(D) Muhammad-bin-Quasim
Correct Answer : Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I Exam 2011
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 of Bihar. The main Persian source for this explains Khalji attacked the fortress unaware that it was a University.
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