india lost everything, india lost its soul when nalanda was destroyed. great and valuable books were here on various aspects of life. all of them completely destroyed by the people. archaeological proof is there. after the destruction of nalanda, buddhism declined from india and people forgot about nalanda university, about buddha also. this is the biggest ever excavated university in the whole world. it was in 1811, francis buchanan hamilton, for the first time, he saw the remains of the university but he did not know that it was a university. it has been completely unearthed and a village has been settled on top.
after the destruction of nalanda, buddhism declined from india and people forgot about nalanda university, about buddha also. this is the biggest ever excavated university in the whole world. it was in 1811, francis buchanan hamilton, for the first time, he saw the remains of the university but he did not know that it was a university. it has been completely unearthed and a village has been settled on top. on the basis of that, cunningham how started to excavate this place. so, the first excavation was in 1872. that was only a very small excavation. i and then, from 1915 onwards, up to 37, the whole temple i complex was excavated, i the whole monastic portion was excavated. then, from 1934 up to 84 or so, a small type - of excavation, i
india lost everything, india lost its soul when nalanda was destroyed. great and valuable books were here on various aspects of life. all of them completely destroyed by the people. archaeological proof is there. after the destruction of nalanda, buddhism declined from india and people forgot about nalanda university, about buddha also. this is the biggest ever excavated university in the whole world. it was in 1811, francis buchanan hamilton, for the first time, he saw the remains of the university but he did not know that it was a university. it has been completely unearthed and a village has been settled on top. 0n the basis of that.