Buddhist Universities and Colleges - Nalanda, Soka University of America, Naropa University, Vikrama La University, University of the West (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Nalanda, Soka University of America, Naropa University, Vikrama la University, University of the West, Manjushri Institute, Shedra, Dongguk University, Huafan University, Jagaddala, Komazawa University, Ratnagiri, Rissho University, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Maitripa College, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, International Buddhist College, Diamond Mountain Center, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Hanazono University, Udayagiri, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Dhammakaya Open University, Centre for Buddhist Studies, Kathmandu University, Geumgang University, Youngsan Won Buddhist University, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Lalitgiri, Buddhist universities in the United States and Canada, Malaysian Buddhist Institute, Otani University, Taisho University, Siddartha University, Bukkyo University, Vidyalankara Pirivena. Excerpt: N land (Hindi/Sanskrit/Pali: ) is the name of an ancient center of higher learning in Bihar, India. The site of Nalanda is located in the Indian state of Bihar, about 55 miles south east of Patna, and was a Buddhist center of learning from the fifth or sixth century CE to 1197 CE. It has been called "one of the first great universities in recorded history." The Gupta Empire also patronized some monasteries. According to historians, Nalanda flourished between the reign of the akr ditya (whose identity is uncertain and who might have been either Kumara Gupta I or Kumara Gupta II) and 1197 CE, supported by patronage from Buddhist emperors like Harsha as well as later emperors from the Pala Empire. The complex was built with red bricks and its ruins occupy an area of 14 hectares. At its peak, the university attracted scholars and students from as far away as China, Greece, and Persia. Nalanda was ransacked and destroyed by Turkic Muslim invaders under Bakhtiyar Khalji in 1193. Th...