Some special secrets of Nalanda University

 

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 Nalanda University – The greatest university in known history.

 Today India may be at number 145 in the list of 191 countries in terms of education, but once upon a time, India used to be a source of knowledge for the world.  Today, there is only one teacher available for every hundred students, whereas thousands of years ago, during the glory days of this university, it had more than 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers, that is, one teacher for only 5 students.  Nalanda had eight separate complexes and 10 temples, as well as many other meditation halls and classrooms.  Here a library was located in a 9-storey building, which housed lakhs of books including 90 lakh manuscripts.  Students not only from India but also from many other countries including Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Iran, Greece, Mongolia used to come to study in the university.  And the most surprising thing is that at that time many subjects including Literature, Astrology, Psychology, Law, Astronomy, Science, Warfare, History, Maths, Architecture, Linguistics, Economics, Medicine were taught here.

Its entire complex was surrounded by a huge wall with a main gate for entry.  There was a row of monasteries from north to south.  Kendriya Vidyalaya had seven big rooms and apart from this there were three hundred other rooms.  There used to be lectures in this.  Monasteries used to have more than one storey. There was a well in the courtyard of each monastery.  Apart from eight huge buildings, ten temples, many prayer rooms and study rooms, this complex also had beautiful gardens and lakes.  This university also had hostel facility for students studying from India and abroad.

 The entrance examination into the university was so difficult that only exceptionally talented students could get admission.  Here, like today's universities, students had their own union and they themselves arranged and elected it.  The students did not have any financial worries.  Education, food, clothing, medicine and treatment were all free for them.  Two hundred villages were donated to the university by the state, from which its expenses were met with the income and grains received.

After being in existence for almost 800 years, this university was destroyed.