The University of Nalanda c10.12

c10.12

The method in which the University conducted the examination is very interesting. The examiners, we are told, were no other than the keepers of the gate. They were very learned men, and those who wanted to get admission in the University had to enter into a discussion with these gate-keepers who often-times put to them very hard questions. The chances of their success depended upon their ability to please and satisfy the examiners by hard discussion.³