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29th April 2016, 08:51 AM
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Re: Short Essay On Nalanda University

Here are the Facts and Information about Nalanda University:

Nalanda was an very old Indian university.

It was one of the famed universities of the world.

It was the first Indian residential university.

Nalanda University was located at Bihar.

It was about 88 kilometers away from Patna.

Nalanda University was founded during the Gupta Dynasty.

It remained as a best university for a long time until Bakhtiyar Khilji destroyed it.

The information about Nalanda University is known to us because of Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang (Hiuen-Tsang).

He visited the university and left much information about the university in his writing.

About 10,000 students and 2000 teachers were there in the university.

Students were come from all over the world (Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, and Persia).

The admission process of the university was very harsh.

Students have to go through different tests to prove their ability.

The university enclosed a large area about 14 hectares.

University had 10 temples, many classrooms and meditation centers and a big library.

Many people even today get astonished by the architecture of the building.

Library of the Nalanda University was alienated into three buildings- Ratnasagara, Ratnadadhi and Ratnaranjaka.

Among this building, Ratnasagara was nine storied building.

The library did not only contain religious manuscripts but it had a large collection of books on literature, astrology, astronomy, and medicine.

Vastness of the library can be understand from the fact that it took three months to burn down when invaders set fire to it.

The Nalanda University had a great pressure of Buddhism.

Many Buddhist taught at Nalanda.

It is believed that Buddha was stayed at the university many times.

It is reported that India with other countries planning to revitalize the university and A P J Abdul Kalam is helping in that.


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