The University of Nalanda c13.209

c13.209

Likewise, as regards the subjects, Logic, Philosophy, and Theology, if we do not keep in mind the observation that “the value of education is largely independent of the subjects taught,”¹ but consider them together as interdependent then the merits as well as the defects of the subjects taught can be pointed out. Logic, Philosophy, and Theology seem to occupy a prominent place in the curriculum of the student. Hence, the University turned out or created a class of priests, philosophers and debators, while one special branch of Theology, namely Tāntrism, on account of its peculiar requirements, created a type of artists who gave us the Pāla Art, and also encouraged the development of provincial vernaculars.