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Class 7Social ScienceTurning Tides 11th and 12th centuries

What did Bakhtiyar Khiljī destroy in Bihar and Bengal around 1203–04?

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Bakhtiyar Khiljī destroyed large Buddhist monasteries and universities, including Nalanda and VikramaShila, around 1203–04. He slaughtered many monks and collected huge booty, precipitating Buddhism's decline in India.