There are some interesting facts about Nalanda University:-
Nalanda University is one of the oldest Universities in the world. It was established in 450 AD. Nalanda University was the most important and famous centre of higher education in ancient India. Located 90 kilometres away from Patna and about 12 kilometres south of Bihar Sharif, the ruins of world famous ancient Buddhist university, Nalanda is located. Let's know one of the world's oldest universities, interesting facts about Nalanda University-1. There are 90 lakh manuscripts with thousands of books in the library here. Bakhtiyar Khilji attacked and set fire on it, which was more than 6 months in extinguishing.
2. After Taxila, Nalanda is considered the world's second oldest university. It has existed for 800 years.
3. Students here were selected on merit basis and free education was given. With this, their stay and food were also completely free.
4. There were more than 10,000 students and more than 2,700 teachers in this university.
5. Students of other countries, including not only India but also Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Iran, Greece, Mongolia, also came to study.
6. Nalanda University was established in the 5th century by the ruler of Gupta Dynasty, Emperor Kumar Gupta. There have been many such currencies in Nalanda which also confirm this.
7. The purpose of the establishment of Nalanda was to create space for meditation and spirituality. It is also said that Gautam Buddha travelled here many times and stayed here.
8. There was a library named 'Dharma Bhos' in the university. It meant 'the mountain of truth'. There were three parts in the 9 floors of the library whose names were 'Ratnarnanj', 'Ratnodhiti', and 'Ratnasagar'.
9. There were many topics, including literature, astrology, psychology, law, astronomy, science, warfare, history, maths, architect, linguistics, economics, medicine, etc. at that time.
10. At Nalanda University, several other scholars studied with Harshvardhan, Dharmapal, Vasubandhu, Dharmakirti, Aryavad, Nagarjuna and had studied.
11. The history of Nalanda University was discovered by Hansang and Itans of China. Both of these came to India in the 7th century. Both of them also told it to be the world's largest university.
12. There was a democratic system in the university. Any decision was taken with the consent of all. That is, the teachers and students also gave opinions with the Sanyasis.
13. Remains of Nalanda University found 1.5 lakh square feet. It is believed that this is only 10 percent of the university's share.
14. The word Nalanda is made up of the treaty of the three words 'Na + Alam + Da' of Sanskrit. It means 'No restriction on knowledge gift'.
15. On the lines of Nalanda, new Nalanda University has been built in Rajgir of Bihar. It was founded on November 25, 2010.
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