The University of Nalanda c13.214

c13.214

Nālandā-education then had two sides, good and bad. And what thing here on this earth is without blemish? Considering the times in which the University flourished—when the greater portion of the world was still in intellectual darkness, when even in those countries, where the torch of knowledge was long-lit, discussions, debates, etc., were the outstanding characteristics, when the average man cared little for what took place around him—the work that Nālandā did, in creating an intellectual enthusiasm which magnetized the students of far and distant countries, such as Java, Sumatra, China, Japan, and made them undertake a weary and arduous journey to India to drink at her fountain of knowledge—that work with all its defects and weaknesses must be admitted to be really praiseworthy.