{"id":301142,"date":"2024-06-20T18:34:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=301142"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:04:57","slug":"nalanda-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nalanda-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Nalanda University"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source- <\/strong>This post on Nalanda University<\/strong> has been created based on the article “PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Nalanda University in Bihar today”<\/a> published in \u201cHindustan Times<\/b>\u201d on 19 June 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the news?<\/h2>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the new Nalanda University campus<\/span> near the ancient university ruins in Rajgir.<\/p>\n

About Nalanda University<\/h2>\n
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1. Nalanda is recognized as the most ancient university on the Indian subcontinent<\/span>.<\/p>\n

2. It was established by Kumar Gupta of the Gupta dynasty<\/span> in Bihar during the early 5th century. The university thrived for 600 years until the 12th century.<\/p>\n

3. It reached its zenith during the reign of Harshavardhan<\/span> and the Pala monarchs<\/span>. It served as a hub for learning, culture, and intellectual exchange, significantly influencing Indian civilization and beyond.<\/p>\n

4. It was primarily a place where monks and nuns lived and studied<\/span>. It focused on teaching major philosophies of Buddhism.<\/p>\n

5. It attracted students from regions including China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia.\u00a0Students followed a strict code of conduct and participated in daily meditation and study sessions.<\/p>\n

6. It offered courses in medicine, Ayurveda, religion, Buddhism, mathematics, grammar, astronomy, and Indian philosophy.<\/p>\n

7. The university was destroyed in 1193 by Bakhtiyar Khilji,<\/span> a general of the Turkish ruler Qutbuddin Aibak.<\/p>\n

8. It rediscovered in 1812 by Scottish surveyor Francis Buchanan-Hamilton<\/span> and later identified as the ancient university by Sir Alexander Cunningham in 1861<\/span>.<\/p>\n

9. The Chinese monk Xuan Zang<\/span> provided invaluable insights into Nalanda\u2019s academic and architectural grandeur.\u00a0Nalanda is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n

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Source- This post on Nalanda University has been created based on the article “PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Nalanda University in Bihar today” published in \u201cHindustan Times\u201d on 19 June 2024. Why in the news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the new Nalanda University campus near the ancient university ruins in Rajgir. About… Continue reading Nalanda University<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212],"tags":[10595],"class_list":["post-301142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","tag-hindustan-times","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}