The Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila in Bihar were destroyed during the invasions of
A
Mahmaud of Ghazni
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B
Muhammad Ghori
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C
Bakhtiyar Khalji
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D
Ali Mardan Khalji
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Solution
The correct option is C Bakhtiyar Khalji Nalanda and Vikramshila were the two most important centers of learning in India during the Pala Empire. But in 1193 army led by the Turkish leader Bakhtiyar Khilji who was the general of Qutubuddin Aibak destroyed them.