Bakhtiar Khilji

Bakhtiar Khilji

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Bakhtiar Khilji was a 12th-century ruler of the Mamluk dynasty in India, known for his conquest of northern India and his significant role in the establishment of Muslim rule in the region. He is infamously remembered for his brutal sacking of the Nalanda University, one of the ancient world's most prestigious centers of learning, leading to a devastating loss of knowledge and culture.

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Bakhtiar Khilji is known to have ransacked the Buddhist seat of knowledge at Nalanda and burnt its libraries in the late 12th century.

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Dawn – Pakistan’s oldest and most widely read English daily, est. 1941·PakistanPakistan· 2025-04-14
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