The University of Nalanda c7.31

c7.31

FOR the formation of a state, a territory and the people who would inhabit that territory are necessary. For framing the laws of a constitution, there must exist first the constitution *de facto*. In fact, for all human institutions the first requisite is matter. This matter may vary according to the needs of institutions. For the laws of a constitution, as we said above, we require the constitution itself. For an institution like the University of Nālandā what we require is matter in the shape of literature, using the word literature in a loose sense so as to comprise religion, philosophy, science, art and so forth.