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Feb 22, 2023 · More than 500 years before Oxford University was founded, India's Nalanda University was home to nine million books and attracted 10,000 students from around the world.
Dec 13, 2023 · Nalanda, one of the world's oldest universities, was situated in the modern Indian state of Bihar; UNESCO designated the ruins of Nalanda Mahavihara as a world-historic site. It is considered the first university in India.
- 5th Century AD
- Bihar
- 427 (north-eastern India)
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- "During his conquest of northern and eastern India in the 1190s, Turko-Afghan military general Bakhtiyar Khilji led a roaming army of invaders that...
- "The Indian philosopher and educator Bakhtiyar Khilji was well-known for the medical professionals in his court. With Buddhism and Ayurveda, he mad...
- "One of the first universities in the world was Nalanda University. It was founded in the fifth century and is located not far from Rajagriha (now...
- "Yes, in the present day, Nalanda University has been restored. The Nalanda University Act passed in 2010, made it possible for it to be re-establi...
- "Nalanda University's( the first university in India) influence on modern education is profound, as it represents a historic model of organized and...
- "No, Buddhist studies were not the exclusive focus of Nalanda University. The university had a broad curriculum that covered a variety of fields, i...
Jun 18, 2023 · Nalanda University was established in 427 AD, 661 years before Europe’s oldest college, the University of Bologna in Italian. The University of Bologna opened in 1088.
Feb 14, 2019 · 5. Nalanda University . This ancient center of higher learning, located in the ancient kingdom of Magadha, presently seven miles north of Rajgriha in Bihar, is one of India’s oldest universities. A seal identifying a monarch named Shakraditya believed to be Kumaragupta I, a Gupta emperor, is considered the founder of Nalanda University.
May 23, 2020 · Evidence found at Nalanda suggests that the university has a history dating back only as far as the Gupta Empire of the 5th century CE. This is based on the fact that the oldest seal recovered during excavations here bears the inscription Kumaramatyadhikarana in Gupta script from the 5th century.
In the more-than seven centuries that Nalanda flourished, there was nothing else like it in the world. The monastic university predates the University of Oxford and Europe’s oldest university, Bologna, by more than 500 years.
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In ancient times, the country was known to have been home to the oldest formal universities in the world. The world's first University was established in Takshila or Taxila or Takshashila (now in Pakistan) in 700BC.
