Ancient Nalanda University

Ancient Nalanda University A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP...

  of Ancient Nalanda UniversityKumargupta founded Nalanda university in the 5th century A.D. He was also called shakradi...
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Kumargupta founded Nalanda university in the 5th century A.D. He was also called shakraditya.

Nalanda University was constructed during the rule of Kumar Gupta of the Gupta dynasty. whose identity is uncertain and who might have been either Kumargupta I or Kumar Gupta II and 1197 A.D, supported by patronage from the Hindugupta rulers as well as Buddhist emperors like Harsha and later emperors from the pala empire.

Mahayana monks Asnagna and Vasubandhu said to have found Nalanda in 400-500AD. Nalanda was a huge monastic educational establishment. Primary teaching focused on Mahayana Buddhism yet included other secular subjects as well like Grammar, logic, epistemology, and sciences.

Artist's depiction of what Nalanda University would have looked like before it's destruction by Islamic invader Bakhtiya...
13/07/2023

Artist's depiction of what Nalanda University would have looked like before it's destruction by Islamic invader Bakhtiyar Khilji.

When Khilji burned the scriptures and books, the pile kept burning for straight three months.
Just imagine how much knowledge must have got destroyed.

Nalanda University:- In  Bihar. Nalanda was an important academy for Buddhists. It was located near Rajagriha which is n...
13/07/2023

Nalanda University:- In Bihar. Nalanda was an important academy for Buddhists. It was located near Rajagriha which is now known as Rajgir and approximately 90 kilometers away from Pataliputra to the southeast today known as Patna, and it was operated from 427 till 1197 CE. Historians considered it as the world’s first university which was residential and one of the best centres to learn about the ancient world. In the Gupta Empire, the University was founded by both non-Buddhists and Buddhists and several Indians.

Ancient Nalanda University : - Students from around the world studying at the ancient Nalanda university in Bihar, India...
08/07/2023

Ancient Nalanda University : - Students from around the world studying at the ancient Nalanda university in Bihar, India. This university was a large Buddhist monastery and a leading center of education

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