[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The University of Nalanda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sankalia-1934) › c8.3 # The University of Nalanda c8.3 The University of Nālandā c8.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sankalia-1934.c8.3) IN Part I of this Chapter we saw that circumstances were favourable for the rise of a University. In this Part we have to see how a Buddhist \*vihāra\* came to be a University. For Nālandā, though a University was, nevertheless, a monastery. And the question naturally asked is: How could a monastery be a centre of learning? For a proper understanding of this question we must, needs, first, know what a Buddhist monastery was, and how it came into existence. - [Previous: c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sankalia-1934.c8.1) - [Next: c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sankalia-1934.c8.4) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sankalia-1934.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sankalia-1934.c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sankalia-1934.c8.3) · Pramāṇa