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Tales of the Gods

The University Older Than Nalanda That Pilgrims Can No Longer Reach

Five thousand scholars once studied at a university older than Nalanda, in a temple that gave Kashmir its own script and its own name. Since 1947, the people who revered it longest have not been able to reach it at all.

It gave Kashmir its script and its old name. Adi Shankara argued his way in at its south door. Since 1947 the people who loved it longest have not been able to reach it.

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