The University of Nalanda c7.2

c7.2

THE idea of a University, it would be thought, was foreign to India. It might therefore be asked, "How could it be applied to an institution which was purely Indian?" Therefore, before we use it with reference to the educational institutions that flourished at Nālandā, we must, first, needs, know what is meant by a University and then see how far, with propriety, we could apply it to Nālandā.