Nalanda University

                                 

Nalanda is the memento of an ancient educational institution (university). The historical University of Nalanda was originated in the 5th century by the Gupta emperors in the north eastern Indian state of Bihar. The University all through its existence was a successful residential university along with 10, 000 students and 2000 academics. At its most active phase when the university possessed students from as far as Tibet, China, Greeze, Persia, it was spoiled by a muslin ruler in the 12th century names Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193 and the entire university was savagely ruined by the Muslim emperor. And consequently the University remains in the state of hurts. The invaders destroyed all its 300 rooms and 9 storied extremely valuable library. legend reports its nine-story library burned for three months converting every type of book to ash.

                                  
                                     ( Ruins of the university of Nalanda )

Nalanda University was a historical centre of learning in India, and among the principal noble universities in recorded history, predating such institutions of higher learning such as Al-Azhar in Egypt (10th century AD), the University of Bologna in Italy (11th century AD), and Oxford University in England (12th century AD). It was actually the first ever residential university in the world, possessing space for thousands of students to remain with campus in dorms. Nalanda was probably among the most important seats of learning in the Buddhist world. But aside from its concentrate on the study of Buddhism, students at Nalanda University were permitted to proceed with other areas of secular knowledge, such as the fine arts, medicine, astronomy, mathematics, politics, as well as the art of war. Accordingly, various anciant prominent thinkers were connected with the university. Today, tourists from all over the world, pay a visit to Nalanda to view the hurts and historical sites of Nalanda University. The destroys of this historical university have an area of approximately 14 hectares. Systematically constructed in red-colored bricks the destroys of Nalanda accepted as one of the seven amazing things of India providing guest visitors glimpse of old time period.

 Historic Nalanda University resumes after 800 year get ruined

                      

 Even though all of the centuries-old campus of Nalanda was remain in hurts, the flavour and respects upon which it was established stayed, and have been impregnated within the new university which opens already again. Presently, for the first time in 800 years, the spirit of Nalanda University renovates again as its opening academic session (classes)begin at its recently constructed campus from September 1, 2014 with 15 students, among them five women, and 10 faculty members in Rajgir, just 12km away from the reach off the traditional site.Within years, the university would like to have seven fully functional faculties on subjects from Buddhist studies to ecology to information technology. Maybe eventually they will be capable to revitalize the entire fame of ancient Nalanda.