Nalanda university

Education Industry- Nalanda University

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  • Period: 1200 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Ends of Great Nalanda University

    There were great fire wiped out the library of over 9 million manuscripts and at the beginning of the 12th Century, the Muslim invader Bakhtiyar Khalji sacked the university. Only Al Azhar in Cairo (972 CE), Bologna in Italy (1088 CE) and Oxford in the United Kingdom (1167 CE ) had been founded before the destruction of Nalanda.So, world has loss their one of the most important education hub.
  • Period: 500 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Growth and expansion of Nalanda University

    For some 700 years, between the 5th and 12th Centuries, Nalanda was the center of scholarship and Buddhist studies in the ancient world. The center had eight separate compounds, 10 temples, meditation halls, classrooms, lakes and parks. It had a nine-story library where monks meticulously copied books and documents so that individual scholars could have their own collections. They housing 10,000 students in the university’s heyday and providing accommodations for 2,000 professors.
  • 427 BCE

    Purpose

    Purpose
    The establishment of the ancient Nalanda as an undisputed seat of learning was a natural consequence of the time and place in which it was situated. Ancient Magadha was characterized by an intellectual ferment unlike any known to mankind. Nalanda University was able to meld multiple discourses and to embrace knowledge in its entirety to become uniquely attractive for all seekers of pure knowledge.
  • 427 BCE

    Nalanda University Establishment ( The first University in world )

    Nalanda University Establishment ( The first University in world )
    Nalanda University is ancient education center in the world,It was devoted to Buddhist studies but also trained students in Art, culture,Maths, science, Astronomy, Politics and war exercise too.
    in 427 CE Nalanda's datable history begins under the Gupta Empire and a seal identifies a monarch named Shakraditya (Śakrāditya) as its founder. Nalanda University at that time had over 10,000 students and 3,000 teachers.