The University of Nalanda c14.49

c14.49

It is interesting to note how the University and the king honoured distinguished scholars. Learned expounders of Theology were called the " pillars " of the University,³ probably because they were responsible for the religiousness and metaphysical uplift of the students, whose main ideal was to attain *Nirvāṇa* (for others and for themselves), while the king himself granted the title of ‘Pandita’ to the distinguished alumni of the University.¹