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INDIA: World's oldest university is reborn after 800 years
08.08.2010
During the six centuries of its storied existence, there was nothing else quite like Nalanda University, writes Andrew Buncombe for The Independent. Probably the first-ever large educational establishment, the college - in what is now eastern India - even counted the Buddha among its visitors and alumni. At its height, it had 10,000 students, 2,000 staff and strived for both understanding and academic excellence. Today, this much-celebrated centre of Buddhist learning is in ruins.After a period during which the influence and importance of Buddhism in India declined, the university was sacked in 1193 by a Turkic general, apparently incensed that its library may not have contained a copy of the Koran. The fire is said to have burned and smouldered for several months.
Now this famed establishment of philosophy, mathematics, language and even public health is poised to be revived. A beguiling and ambitious plan to establish an international university with the same overarching vision as Nalanda - and located alongside its physical ruins - has been spearheaded by a team of international experts and leaders, among them the Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen. Last week, legislation that will enable the building of the university to proceed was to be placed before the Indian parliament.
The Independent
With reference to the University World News
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