Nalanda

Nalanda, one of the first great universities recorded in history was established in Takshila, India in 700BC. It accommodated over 2,000 teachers and 10,000 students from all over the world and studied more than 60 subjects. The subjects taught at Nalanda University covered every field of learning, and it attracted pupils and scholars from Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia and Turkey.

On 13 September 2010, the Jakarta Globe Reported Parliament in New Delhi passed a bill approving plans to rebuild the campus as a symbol of India’s global ambitions.

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