The University of Nalanda c16.44

c16.44

But this regeneration was not and could not be effective. The Moslem sword had so much frightened the people and the damage done, material as well as cultural, was so great that even though the counter-blast in the shape of fire had not come, we doubt very much if the University would have once again attained its sublime height. Only one fact will suffice to convince the reader. We are told that all the monks were butchered and there was none left to decipher any book from the vast and unique library. Thus, even those monks, who survived the Moslem avalanche would never dare to enter the portals of their once beloved institution. They all must have fled and did actually fly away to the unknown and remote corners of India : while others to foreign lands "to find pastures new" for the propagation and transplantation of the remains of the Buddhistic culture.²