The University of Nalanda c15.106

c15.106

We have already spoken of Nālandā as the home of most versatile pandits, whose assistance was sought by King Harṣa to vanquish the Hīnayānists. Reference was also made to the important position that Nālandā held in public, religious and philosophical controversies, so much so that 1000 pandits from Nālandā alone were summoned to attend the great assembly convened by Śri Harṣa, to discuss and examine the work composed by Hiuen Tsiang.