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VOL. 16 No. 2
Nalanda-The Seat Of Wisdom The Nalanda

university set up in
2014 located in Rajgir,
The highly formalised methods of Jain and Buddhist learning helped inspire the near Nalanda, was set
establishments of large teaching institutions. Nalanda became one of the most up on the Charvi Kala, VI A,
principles of
prestigious seats of learning. the ancient Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
radhya ameta, Vii a, Maharana Mewar Public school, udaipur; asjad imam shahi, Vii a, g. D. goenka Public university. Atmakuri Rama Rao
School, Hyderabad
school, sarita Vihar, New Delhi; avneet Kaur, Vi b, guru Nanak Dev Public sr. sec. school, bathinda
HiSTORY LiBRARY fOR THE LEARNED!
The Nalanda Mahavihara, in Bihar, was a monastic Nalanda’s library was known
and scholastic institution dating from the 3rd worldwide. It was called
century BCE to the 13th century CE. Account of Dharmaganja (Treasury of
Hieun Tsang suggests Śakrāditya (also known Truth) and divided into-
as Kumaragupta) to be the founder. Nalanda • Ratnasagara (ocean of
Mahavihara is now a UNESCO World Heritage jewels) Illustration By : Vishakha
Site. • Ratnodhi (sea of jewels) R. Nair, IX C, Bharatiya
Khushboo Negi, Vii a, Pine hall school, Dehradun; Diksha • Ratnaranjaka (jewel Vidya Bhavan’s Public
Meena, Viii C, st. edmund’s school, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur; Tanvi, adorned) School, Vidyashram,
Vii D, Priya shekhawat, Vii C, Dundlod Vidyapeeth, Dundlod Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
Khushi ahlawat, Vii b, Maharana
Illustration by: Gautam Kachhawa, St. Edmund’s School, Mewar Public school, udaipur; saziya Misrikoti, sayali
Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur Jadhav, Viii, bharatesh english Medium school, belgaum
AN ANCiENT MARVEL NALANDA'S iNfLuENCE
Education was the Gupta's most powerful weapon,
They set up Nalanda educating many men! Nalanda attracted pupils and scholars from Japan, China,
Tibet, Indonesia, Persia, and Turkey. Travellers like Hiuen Tsang
It was a Buddhist educational centre,
With many a student's mentor. and I-Tsing have extensive records of the university from their
visits. It is said that Hiuen Tsang studied Yogashastra here.
Nalanda- an educational marvel,
With wise stories to tell! T. Manish, Viii a, glazebrooke Public school, salem; sambhayanamath, laiga
Mulla, Viii, bharatesh english Medium school, belgaum; laura anne Tom, Vii,
esha and axta, iX, bright Day school Cbse, Vasna, Vadodara bhavan’s adarsha Vidyalaya, Kakkanad, Kochi

Layout Of Nalanda

The remains include stupas,
The residential centre of Nalanda had It had eight big shrines, viharas and
ten temples, eight individual compounds, lecture rooms and as important art works in
classrooms, dormitories, meditation many as three hundred stucco, stone, and metal.
halls, parks, and lakes. classrooms.

Special facilities at
Nalanda included free
boarding and lodging for
all the students. Cells
were more spacious. It is
said that some buildings
had the seating capacity
of 10,000 students.
Pranjana, VII B,
Saraswati Public School,
Jagadhri
M - Monasteries Eleven monasteries
T - Temple Sites were excavated on the
site of Nalanda.

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