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Which famous Indian university was built in the 4th century and gutted in fire later?

  1. Nalanda

  2. Taxila

  3. Both of them

  4. None of them
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Nalanda University was built in the 5th century (around 427 AD) during the Gupta period and was famously destroyed and gutted by fire during the Turkish invasion led by Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193 AD. It was one of the greatest ancient universities and a center of Buddhist learning. Taxila was also an ancient university but was destroyed earlier, and the question specifically mentions the 4th/5th century timeline which matches Nalanda.

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