Historical Period7c CE
7th c. CE (Xuanzang's study at Nalanda); documented by Al-Biruni (11th c.), Ibn Battuta (14th c.); decline c. 1193; excavation 19th c.; revived 2010; UNESCO 2016.
Hiuen Tsang — the Chinese pilgrim scholar
Buddhist
Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang, 602–664 CE) — the Chinese Buddhist monk — spent 5 years studying at Nalanda University. His Great Tang Records of the Western Regions preserved much of what we know about 7th-c. Indian geography and Buddhism. Memorial museum at Nalanda honors him.