The Vice President said that the ancient Nalanda University housed 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers but was destroyed by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193. “(In) 1193 Bakhtiyar Khilji ...

Bhikkhu Sanghasena The ongoing debates surrounding the Mahabodhi Temple Management Act, 1949, underscore a deeper issue of ...

The Vice President said that the ancient Nalanda University housed 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers but was destroyed by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193. “(In) 1193 Bakhtiyar Khilji, a reckless ...

This university flourished for 800 years before it was destroyed by invader Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji in the 12th century. This university was a site of great learning, for both Buddhism and subjects ...

They were such that many students from all over the world used to come there to study. There used to be Sanskrit then and no other language,” Bagde said, adding that Nalanda was destroyed by Bakhtiyar ...

However, in 1193, Bakhtiyar Khilji, a reckless destroyer of our culture and academic institutions, set the premises on fire. For months, the fire consumed vast libraries, reducing hundreds of ...

There used to be Sanskrit then and no other language,” Bagde said, adding that Nalanda was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji. "But now Nalanda is being set up with a fresh hope and will become the ...