Nālandā is the name of an ancient university in Bihar, India. The site of Nalanda is located in the Indian state of Bihar, about 55 miles south east of Patna, and was a Buddhist center of learning from 427 to 1197 CE.Altekar, Anant Sadashiv (1965). Education in Ancient India, Sixth, Varanasi: Nand Kishore & Bros. " Really Old School," Garten, Jeffrey E. New York Times, December 9, 2006. It has been called "one of the first great universities in recorded history." Some parts of Nalanda… (More on Nalanda)