NALANDA, was a learning hub......

The history of Nalanda goes back to 6th century B.C. The place rose into prominence in 5th A.D. century.

 Various subjects like theology, grammar, logic, asteonomy, mataphysics, medicine and philisiphy were taught here.

Historical sources indicate that the University had a long and illustrious life which lasted almost continually for 800 years from the fifth to the twelfth century CE.

It was a completely residential university with over 2,000 teachers and 10,000 students.The profound knowledge of the Nalanda teachers attracted scholars from places as distant as China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, Turkey, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. These scholars have left records about the ambience, architecture and learning of this unique university. The most detailed accounts have come from Chinese scholars and the best known of these is Xuan Zang who carried back many hundred scriptures which were later translated into Chinese.
Close to the end of the twelfth century Nalanda was destroyed by invaders