Who was the head of the University of Nalanda the great Bengali scholar?
Shilabhadra, a follower of Basubandhu, later became a disciple of Acharya Dharmapala, principal of Nalanda University. He defeated a Deccan Brahmin scholar in a debate at the age of 30. Pleased by his scholarship, the king of Magadha gave him a reward that he spent to establish a Buddhist vihara.
