Nalanda University
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the new campus of Nalanda University at Rajgir, Bihar.
The University is conceived as a collaboration between India and East Asia Summit(EAS) countries.
About Nalanda :-
It was one of the most famous ancient universities on the Indian Subcontinent. Nalanda was a famous place of learning for monks and students. It was mainly related to Buddhism.
During the 5th A.D, it was founded by Kumar Gupta of the Gupta dynasty in 427 A.D.
It was destroyed by Turkish ruler Qutbuddin Aibak’s general Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193 A.D.
After six centuries, the university was rediscovered in 1812 by Scottish surveyor Francis Buchanan-Hamilton and later identified as the ancient university by Sir Alexander Cunningham in 1861.
During the reign of Harshavardhana, this place was visited by the Hiuen-T-sang.
Nalanda Mahavihara is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
