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For decades, the Indian government has encouraged pilgrims to come to one of India\u2019s holiest locations, the ancient city of Bodh Gaya. Now there is an effort to revive the Buddhist university that once flourished there long before universities like Cambridge and Oxford were founded in the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For decades, the Indian government has encouraged pilgrims to come to one of India\u2019s holiest locations, the ancient city of Bodh Gaya. Now there is an effort to revive the Buddhist university that once flourished there long before universities like Cambridge and Oxford were founded in the West. 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