The University of Nalanda (The University of Nālandā)
History of Nālandā from Gupta to Pāla times; excavated monasteries, inscriptions and seals; curriculum, teachers and students from Chinese and Tibetan sources.
- Language
- English
- Author
- Hasmukh D. Sankalia
- Extent
- 1,897 passages, 85,738 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Madras: B. G. Paul 1934; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8… · In copyright (Hasmukh D. Sankalia †1989); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to…
Contents
- c1 The University of Nālandā — 9 parts
- c2 Preface — 20 parts
- c3 Contents — 43 parts
- c4 List of Plates and Maps — 2 parts
- c5 Bibliography — 10 parts
- c6 Abbreviations — 4 parts
- c7 Chapter I. The Ideal of a University — 158 parts
- c8 Chapter II. Part II. The Background of the University of Nālandā; Transformation of ‘Saṅghārāmas’ into Temples of Learning — 59 parts
- c9 Chapter III. The Rise of the University and Its Growth Under Kings of Various Dynasties — 197 parts
- c10 Chapter IV. Studies of Nālandā — 237 parts
- c11 Chapter V. Famous Pandits of Nālandā — 163 parts
- c12 Chapter VI — 107 parts
- c13 Chapter VII. Student Life — 213 parts
- c14 Chapter VIII — 69 parts
- c15 Chapter IX. Nālandā—An International University — 113 parts
- c16 Chapter X. The End of Nālandā — 45 parts
- c17 Chapter XI. Nālandā To-Day — 107 parts
- c18 Chapter XII. As Revealed from Its Finds — 59 parts
- c19 Chapter XIII. Conclusion — 15 parts
- c20 Appendix A. The Theory of Dhyāni Buddhas — 20 parts
- c21 Appendix B. Tāntrism and Provincial Vernaculars — 2 parts
- c22 Index of Important Classical Books — 19 parts
- c23 Index of Important Proper Names — 81 parts
- c24 Index of Important Places — 20 parts
- c25 Index of Important Words — 39 parts