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Who was the head of the University of Nalanda when Hiuen Tsang visited India?

  1. Nagarjuna

  2. Basubandhu

  3. Shilabhadra

  4. Shreejnan Atisha
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Explanation

When Hiuen Tsang visited Nalanda University in 637 CE, Shilabhadra was its head (acharya). Hiuen Tsang studied at Nalanda for several years under Shilabhadra's guidance and later described him as a profound scholar. Shilabhadra's teachings greatly influenced Hiuen Tsang's understanding of Buddhist philosophy before he returned to China with hundreds of manuscripts.

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