Why was Nalanda destroyed? | Nalanda University | Bakhtiyar Khilji |

Nalanda University is one of the oldest & biggest universities in the world. It was built in the 5th Century during the times of Buddha in Magadh which is today's Bihar. In today's time it is located 90 KM south from Patna & north of Rajgir. Nalanda had more than 90 Lakh books, 10,000 Students coming from all over the world to study different subjects. The advanced subjects like Astronomy, Logics, Medicine & Literature were taught by more than 2500 teachers.

The scholars like Nagarjuna, Dignaga & Dharmakirti, the university where Aryabhatta was head, the world's biggest scholar & traveller Xuanzang travelled around 16000 KM from China to study in this university....why was such a university destroyed?
Centuries ago when Bakhtiyar Khilji came to India he observed the Civilization, Culture & Education as the strong backbone of Bharatiyas. He aimed to destroy the root of this which is the education structure & back then Nalanda was epicentre of it hence he destroyed or burned the university. It is said that books in Nalanda were burning for 3 straight months.

Actually it is not just Khilji, every invader or oppressor whenever they want to control a land area the first thing they aim to do is to either change the education system or destroy it. Nazi Germany, Mongols, Britishers did burn the books. The process is called "Book Burning'' & the same is done by Khilji as well.
Just think....If the books & knowledge of Nalanda was preserved to this day then probably India would have become the vishwaguru.

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