Nฤlandฤ Mahฤvihฤra โ Where Ten Thousand Monks Studied
Nalanda ยท Nalanda ยท Bihar
Nalanda was the world's first great residential university โ a monastic university that at its peak housed 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers from across Asia. Founded in the 5th century CE under the Gupta dynasty and destroyed in 1193 by Bakhtiyar Khalji, Nalanda's 800-year history is the longest continuous tradition of higher learning in human civilisation.
Place ยท Nalanda ยท Nalanda ยท Bihar
A moment of pilgrimage
Even from afar, turn the mind toward Nalanda โ The World's First Great University. If you have visited โ or hope to โ let one detail of the place (a gopuram, a river, a courtyard) become today's anchor.