The University of Nalanda c24.9.3

c24.9.3

Value of the education of the University of, 175, 176; value of the discussions at, 176; storehouse of knowledge and wisdom, 180; supervised by Vikramaśilā, 186; end of, 189, 207, 208; date of destruction of, 208, 212, 213, 214; compared with Vikramaśilā, 189; compared with Monte Cassino, 191, 205; Fergusson and, 191; international students concourse at, 191; Hiuen Tsiang at, 191, 192, 193; 197; Pilgrim-students by the Northern route at, 197, 198, 199; Pilgrim-students by the Southern route at, 199; I-Tsing at, 200; Thonmi at, 201; pandits to China, 202, 203; interprovincial University, 203; manifold aspects of 205; centre of Buddhist lore, 206; Cluny, Clairvaux and, 205; to-day, 216; Cunningham and, 216; rebuilding of, 216; of Mediæval times, 217, 227; Monastery site I at, 217, 218; storeyed buildings at, 218; bhikṣus cells at, 218; saṅghārāmas at, 219; Monastery No. I at, 219; Monastery No. 6 at, 220; Stūpa site, 3, 220, 221, 235, 236; stone-Temple at, 222, 224; buildings, 229, 235, 237; Art and, 229; Bitpālo and, 235; Dhīmān and, 235; bronzes of, 233, 235; Malay Archipelago and, 233, 234; Mahāyāna of Java and, 234; Java Temples and, 234; standing Buddha of, 234; Maitreya of, 234; Stūpa-style at, 236; bricks, 236; flourished in, 237; drains, 237; architectural specimens, 237; school of arts and crafts at, 238.