The University of Nalanda c13.200

c13.200

The consideration of the aims and prospects of the students suggests another question. What was the value of the education which the Universities of Nālandā, Vikramaśilā and others in Central India and Valabhi on the Western coast, imparted? This question is beset with great many difficulties. We do not know whether we should consider the aim of students and its realization, or whether the means adopted for reaching the goal, or the various subjects and their intrinsic value.