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Ancient Nalanda University

Nalanda: a wonder of India
The Nalanda University was supposed to be the first residential university of the world built during the Magadha period built by Ashoka the Great. Earliest references can be traced to this university during the 6th century. Alumni of this university include, Nagarjuna, the second century philosopher and Arya Dev. Watch this video about the famous university of Bihar.

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Permalink Reply by ATUL GUPTA on June 20, 2009 at 6:45pm

it surely is a great university..still on todays standards...and a great paragraph has been written on wikipedia.org..interested ones..may check it out there/..

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Permalink Reply by jeetendra on August 5, 2009 at 10:30am

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Permalink Reply by Nirmalendu Choubey on November 5, 2009 at 2:20pm

My maternal grand father Harnandan Panday was a key member of the team that excavated Nalanda under David B. Spooner who was superintendent of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for the Eastern Circle. My Grand father held the position of Assistant Superintendent Eastern Circle from 1916 until his death on November 25, 1919. All this can be found in the annual reports of the time of the Archaeological Survey of India. I found few things that was donated by Spooner himself to the Stanford University from where he has got his BA. In the material that is archived there i saw a hand written letter of my grand father to Spooner when he was acting as the Director General in the absence of John Hubert Marshall. Spooner was the only American to serve in the ASI.

Nirmal Choubey, New Jersey, USA

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Permalink Reply by Dr.Shashank Sehkhar on December 21, 2009 at 6:38pm

its the most ancient university of india and was the best ever...
the books there were looted by the english. and i personally believe that our people were responsible for the present pathetic condition of the university....or else it would have been much better...
shashank shekhar
osmania medical college,hyderabad

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Permalink Reply by Nirmalendu Choubey on December 21, 2009 at 8:33pm

I would like to see some basis for the comments that Dr. Shekher makes. I can not believe that the group led by Lord Curzon, then the Viceroy of India that preserved Taj Mahal will destroy the books left at Nalanda, if any were left there at all. Dr. Spooner along with my grand father have done great work in Nalanda. I got this impression by reading the archived letters of Dr. Spooner. Dr. Spooner died in India and buried in Agra. The man wanted to return home but his leaves were getting cancelled due to the work load, and could not return to USA. These are great men in service of India's past and we need to honor them not discredit them based on hunch.

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Permalink Reply by Dr.Shashank Sehkhar on December 22, 2009 at 11:31am

sir,
not only nalanad university, they grabbedmost of the things they could....
taj mahal was preserved !
are you sure about it...
have you ever been there sir...
i believe if you visit that once you will know about it better....
i have no authenticity to comment on any one and i believe i am doing so...
i am not commenting on dr.spooner....
there have always been both, good people and the bad....
i hope, now you understand what i mean...
and regarding the evidences, i will definitely try to get you some....