01370nam a22001937a 4500 OSt 20260702161153.0 260702b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780670099627 AACR-II 378.020954 ABH Abhay K. 20760 Nalanda: how it changed the world Gurugram Vintage; Penguin Random House 2025 193 p. Much about Nalanda remains shrouded in mystery. When was it founded? Who founded it? Who studied and taught there? What subjects were offered? How many students and teachers were there? Was Nalanda a university in the modern sense? And what ultimately led to its downfall? Nalanda by Abhay K. unravels these questions, telling the story of the rise, fall, and re-rise of Nalanda Mahavihara. Through extensive research, the book explores Nalanda’s contributions in fields such as science, mathematics, philosophy, art, architecture, and poetry. It also highlights the great luminaries who elevated its unparalleled reputation as the preeminent seat of knowledge, as well as the foreign scholars who visited the celebrated monastery. Broad in sweep and deep in history, Nalanda is a thrilling read that sheds new light on Nalanda and its journey over millennia. History of Higher Education in India 20761 ddc B 0 0 ddc 0 0 LBSNAA LBSNAA 2026-07-02 699.00 0 378.020954 ABH 185928 2026-07-02 2026-07-02 B 361574 361574