"There could be little doubt, however, that the person who was directly responsible for the destruction of the Odantapuri and Vikramasila monasteries was Ikhtiyar-ud-din Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji..."
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Quoted from [https://archive.org/details/TaranathasHistoryOfBuddhismInIndia/page/n471/mode/2up H. Mukhia, in Taranathaās History Of Buddhism In India, English translation.
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