The University of Nalanda c17.29
The University of Nālandā c17.29
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c17.29
Next to the monastery No. I, is the monastery designated as I A. Something peculiar about this monastery is that in the centre are two parallel rows of hearths, seven in number, connected by a common duet of corbel construction about 2 feet high. The same feature is found in the eastern verandah. Pandit Hiranand Sastri, who excavated it, thought that the hearths might have been used for preparing "rasas" or drugs, in which case, the building might have been a medical seminary or "Bhiṣakśālā."¹