The University of Nalanda c13.117

c13.117

From the above remarks, it would seem that our Indian student was not quite well-off in the matter of food, or that he was rather starved. If, however, we turn to the Oxford student of the 12th and 13th centuries, we shall be surprised to find that "so far as regular meals of college are concerned, no provision was usually made for any food before dinner at 10 A.M."² Thus the Oxford student had nothing like breakfast, nor tea. In this respect his Indian brother, as we have seen, was better provided. But, though we find no mention of breakfast for the Oxford student, we are definitely told that he had his supper at 5 P. M.³ On Fast-days, however, even this supper disappeared.⁴ It would be evident from this comparative study that the Indian student was, on the whole, much more cared for in the matter of food than the English.