Question

Give information about Nalanda Vidyapith.

Answer 1

a. Nalanda University was situated at Badgaon village of Patna district in Bihar. Nalanda gave more importance to Buddhism and Jainism.
b. The university had a collection of thousands of precious manuscripts.The university had the best of education as well as books.
c. The great traveller Huen-Tsang came from China to study at Nalanda in 7th century.While returning he took 657 books from the university.
d. Students from various parts of the country as well as world used to come here for study and research.
e. The university was divided into seven huge halls or say rooms or sections.There were 300 rooms for delivering lectures.Special monasteries were built so that students could stay in the university.