Bsam-yas

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Bsam-yas

monastery, China

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…in 749 the Sam-Ye (Bsam-Yas) monastery was modeled upon it and that several distinguished Tibetan scholars studied there. It fell into decline during the 11th century, and it was probably sacked and destroyed, along with Nalanda, c. 1200, when Muslims under Ikhtiyār al-Dīn Muḥammad Bakhtiyār Khaljī invaded Bihar.
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…in 749 the Sam-Ye (Bsam-Yas) monastery was modeled upon it and that several distinguished Tibetan scholars studied there. It fell into decline during the 11th century, and it was probably sacked and destroyed, along with Nalanda, c. 1200, when Muslims under Ikhtiyār al-Dīn Muḥammad Bakhtiyār Khaljī invaded Bihar.
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