“Nalanda is not just a name, it is an identity. Nalanda is the proclamation of the truth that knowledge cannot be destroyed even though books burn in a fire.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words at the inauguration of the new Nalanda University campus at Rajgir recently and his “golden age” references made us go back to the history books. This …
A new campus of Nalanda University was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a little over 10 kilometres from where the eponymous Buddhist centre of learning stood. However, according to DR Patil’s Antiquarian Remains in Bihar, around the beginning of the first millennium CE, Nalanda had become a straggler, while neighbouring Odantapuri was flourishing under the patronage of …
Nalanda, the ruins of one of the world’s most prestigious seats of learning, is located 95 kilometres from Patna, the capital of Bihar, and 110 km from Bodh Gaya, the site of the Buddha’s enlightenment. Declared a Word Heritage Site in 2016, Nalanda is seen as the world’s most ancient university, flourishing much before Europe’s oldest university, Bologna, came into …
