Consider the following statements about a university's library and identify the university:

1.The library was known as Dharma Gunj (Treasury of Truth), intimately linked with Buddhist knowledge.

2.Its collection comprised hundreds of thousands of volumes.

3.The library had three main buildings, one as high as nine storeys, named Ratnasagara (Sea of Jewels) and Ratnodadhi (Ocean of Jewels).

AVikramshila University

BNalanda University ✓ Correct

COdantapuri University

DKanchi University

Correct answer: (B) Nalanda University

Explanation

The library called Dharma Ganja, the Treasury of Truth, marks this as Nalanda.

The account of hundreds of thousands of volumes fits Nalanda's vast collection.

The three buildings, one nine storeys high, named Ratnasagara and Ratnodadhi, belonged to Nalanda.

Vikramshila, though a great vihara, is not tied to this named library.

Odantapuri and Kanchi likewise do not match this description.

The library is said to have burned for months when the site was destroyed.

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