Rajgir, India

India

Rajgir, India holds 67 connections with 2917 other places across 16 topics, with religion the strongest thread, drawing from both Buddhist and Jain traditions. According to Jain tradition, Munisuvrata, the twentieth enlightened teacher, was born in the city. Cave walls at Rajgir display the wheel of dharma symbol alongside 3rd–4th century CE inscriptions in Sanskrit and Pali. Ancient Nalanda University was located nearby, and a modern university carrying the same name opened in 2010.

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