The university which became famous in the post-Gupta Era was

The post-Gupta period saw a long succession of kings who continued building at Nalanda using all the skill of the sculptor. At some point, a king of central India built a high wall along with a gate around the now numerous edifices in the complex. Another monarch (possibly of the Maukhari dynasty) named Purnavarman who is described as the last of the race of Ashoka-raja, erected an 80 ft (24 m) high copper image of Buddha to cover which he also constructed a pavilion of six stages.